Creatures 31

Bloom Parasite

A beaked, armless cephalopod (similar to squid) that feeds on blood and body fluids. Massively infected with a large RNA virus (generated name: Proteavirus beta) that alters its behavior.

Bullethead

*Panopliateuthis velos*, the armored squid dart. A swarm predator that attacks by ramming and penetrating its prey. Capable of *Caught script hook in allocated memory for command >> generate-databank "Bullethead" >> echo

Cerathecan

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Collector Leviathan

Enormous cephalopod predator (tentatively *Tyrannoteuthis phobocoeus*, tyrant squid of fearful curiosity). Feeds on hard-shelled, heavily defended prey. Solitary but highly intelligent. Likely a deep-sea creature.

Coral Crab

An enormous crab (tentatively *Ostrakonskelos anaktoraphore*, hard-legged palace-bearer) that hides among coral domes.

Electric Geordie

Electric geordie (tentatively *Salpapod geordiwangi*). A relative or morph of the common geordie. Attracted to electrical current.

Epicurean

*Postpanoplia epicurean*, the voracious unarmored armored fish. Unpredictable and hungry, especially when under the influence of a parasite.

Flash Slug

*Seaslug kleptopharos*, the stolen beacon slug. A free-swimming, luminescent relative of the waterslug with chimeric traits from another species entirely.

Foureye

Foureye (*Morokotoform duplex*). A predatory fish always born in pairs of identical twins. The twins pair belly-to-belly, joining their digestive and nervous systems to behave as a single organism.

Geordie

Geordie (tentatively *Salpapod geordie*). A jet-propelled omnivore evolved from an organism resembling a bony octopus.

Halfmoon

Halfmoon (tentatively *Moliform luna*). Large forage fish which strains plankton from seawater and nibbles at small growth.

Hammerhead

Hammerhead (tentatively *Panoplia hammerhead*). An armored, herd-dwelling, territorial herbivore with a powerful ram.

Houndgar

Houndgar (tentatively *Teuthis courser*). A squid that dazzles prey for marrowbreach ambush.

Hoverthorn

*Monopter astrapakantha*, the one-finned lightning thorn. A small fish that has discarded fins in favor of a living magnetohydrodynamic thruster.

Hycean

*Hycean hycean*, a remarkable flying predator named for planets that mix a hydrogen sky and a water ocean.

Jelly Ring

Jelly ring (tentatively *Thermodont sufganiyah*, heat eating jelly donut). Not a jelly, but full of jelly. Feeds on the heat and chemical flux of hydrothermal vents.

Jetocaris

Jetocaris (tentatively *Tripod phrontiscaris*). A three-legged social crustacean that displays parenting behavior.

Marrowbreach

Marrowbreach (tentatively *Mango marrowbreach*).

Needler Mango

*Mango kestros*, the dart-throwing shark. Territorial predator capable of launching uranium-tipped tusks at up to twenty meters per second.

Periscopic Clowncrab

*Ostrakonskelos periskopion*, the hard-legged periscope. A social crab that shelters among stinging anemones.

Pneuma

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Quadrate

Quadrate (tentatively Salpapod tetragnatha). A carnivorous relative or morph of the common geordie.

Sandspear

*Psalidoprosopon kryptokonton*, the scissor-faced hidden spear. A lurking ambush predator with a devastating spring-loaded bite.

Scourge Hive

Shiver Male

*Skythopterygion atropos*, the scythe-finned fate-ender. The male of a sexually dimorphic leviathan predator species which dwells in open water and attacks in packs (or shivers).

Surge Jelly

Surge jelly (tentatively Staurobrachia capacitor). Large, complex jelly that hunts with electric shocks.

Tongue Thief

*Ostrakonskelos glossaklept*, the hard-legged tongue thief. A parasitic crab or louse that dwells in the mouth, causing intense and unremitting hunger.

Veps Defender

Veps Sensor

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Water Slug

Water slug (tentatively *Seaslug hydroclast*). A biological enigma that converts seawater into drinkable fresh water.

Waxmoon

A large halfmoon (*Moliform semiluna*) with developed fin structures and sophisticated senses.