Jellysquid

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Jellysquid
(Marephateuthis toxospinus)
Main image of Jellysquid
Species is extinct.
7/?, unknown cause
Information
CreatorHydromancerx Other
Week/Generation6/39
HabitatGlicker-Wright Reef
SizeTiny (60 cm) Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietCarnivore (Anything that touches its tentacles)
RespirationUnknown
ThermoregulationUnknown
ReproductionSexual (Spawns hundreds of eggs directly into the water)
Taxonomy
Domain
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Marephateuthis
Marephateuthis toxospinus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The Jellysquid split from the Filtersquid. Rather than filtering food its tentacles have gown longer and have grown stinging hair in which it can ensnare its prey. It mainly catches beakworms but can really capture anything that gets too close. Once caught it will putt it up to the mouth between the tentacles and eat it. It can propel itself around with its jets too. To keep it afloat it has developed hollow air sacs on the top of it, which keep it at the surface better. Its range is in the Glicker-Wright Reef and Sea.