Mollisitula

## Mollisitula parvus

Timespan: Chapmanian to Fressian Stage of the Atroxian (R.66)

Habitat: Deep Ocean, Mid Ocean

Distribution: Under Temperate & Tropical Ocean

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Nutritional Value:

Size: 3cm

Predecessor: Syllektus wonderi

Classification: Mollisitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Info: This long-lasting jellyfish-like species was one of the first multicellular animals to exist, and gently floated around the deep, dark ocean, filtering microbes.

Description: Around the sac-like body of the polyp evolved a bell-shaped dome, that pulsated to propel the newly formed jellyfish through the water, while the tentacles continued to pull in particles of food. Between the epidermis of the dome and the gastrodermis of the gut was a gel-filled mesoglea layer, which acted as a hydrostatic skeleton. A nerve net controlled the pulsating bell.

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Mollisitula rosea

Timespan: Chapmanian to Fressian Stage of the Atroxian (R.66)

Habitat: Mid Ocean, Ocean Surface, Shallow Sea

Distribution: Temperate & Under Tropical Ocean, All Temperate Seas

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Size: 3cm

Predecessor: Mollisitula parvus

Classification: Mollisitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Info: One of the first forms of multicellular animals was this jellyfish-like creature, and it lasted for many millions of years, even alongside much more complex animals, serenely filter-feeding light-filled biomes. It's simplicity allowed it to survive. It only went extinct when new species evolved from it.

Description: This pink-pigmented, radially-symmetric species was able to swim in a relatively energy-efficient way; it had hydrostatic muscles in the form a bell-shape, supported by a layer of mesoglea, and when this pulsed it propelled the animal through the water. Body coordination was controlled by a nerve net, but it had no brain. It used its tentacles to push passing food into its mouth and gut.

Cause of Extinction: Outcompeted

Discoverer: StealthStyle

## Mollisitula tropicae

Status: NT

Timespan: R.58 - Present

Habitat: Ocean Surface, Shallow Sea

Distribution: All Tropical Ocean and Seas

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Nutritional Value:

Size: 3cm

Predecessor: Mollisitula rosea

Classification: Mollisitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Latest Mutations: Very Warm Isozymes

Description: This radially-symmetric species is able to swim in a relatively energy-efficient way; it has hydrostatic muscles in the form a bell-shape, and when this pulses it propels the animal through the water. It uses its tentacles to push passing food into its mouth. It is adapted to very warm water.

Previous Mutations: Cellular Digestion, Multicellular, Radial Symmetry, Tentacles, Gut, Colonial, Table-like Body (D), Cold Isozymes, Spreading Branches (D), Larger Polyps, Bell-Shaped Dome, Mesoglea, Nerve Net, Pink

Discovered by: StealthStyle

## Mollisitula tropicae

Status: NT

Timespan: R.58 - Present

Habitat: Ocean Surface, Shallow Sea

Distribution: All Tropical Ocean and Seas

Niche: Pelagic Filter-Feeder

Nutritional Value:

Size: 3cm

Predecessor: Mollisitula rosea

Classification: Mollisitulae, Mollisitulea, Pallomena, Circumsaccha

Latest Mutations: Very Warm Isozymes

Description: This radially-symmetric species is able to swim in a relatively energy-efficient way; it has hydrostatic muscles in the form a bell-shape, and when this pulses it propels the animal through the water. It uses its tentacles to push passing food into its mouth. It is adapted to very warm water.

Previous Mutations: Cellular Digestion, Multicellular, Radial Symmetry, Tentacles, Gut, Colonial, Table-like Body (D), Cold Isozymes, Spreading Branches (D), Larger Polyps, Bell-Shaped Dome, Mesoglea, Nerve Net, Pink

Discovered by: StealthStyle