Landjelly

Landjelly
Creator	Deplizz78
Information
Status	Extant
Common Name(s)	Landjelly
Zones	28, O
Roles	Base-Consumer, Detritivore, Scavenger
Classification
Genus	Jelyshelydissulbulla
Species	Jelyshelydissulbulla geleia
Evolution
Date	July 18th, 2022
Ancestor	Bobble Jelly
Descendants	No results

A descendant of the Bobble Jelly (J. flexiglobulus), the Landjelly (J. geleia) is a small (up to 4.5×4in), amphibious creature located on the shores and outer midlands of Zone O. The Landjelly is very similar to its ancestor, but has stronger tentacles and a thicker elastic tissue, allowing it to freely move across solid ground. The Landjelly has increased in size to hold more water to allow for more time out of water.

Due to the stronger tentacles, the Landjelly can feed off of low-lying plants, unwanted excrement, and corpses. The Landjelly itself is quite nutrient-rich and has no way of defending itself, and is so an easy food source for predators on the Lunasilex Islands.

The Landjelly are hermaphrodites, but do not produce asexually. When mating, two jellies carefully rotate their bubbles so that the openings are facing each other, and then latch onto each other's openings with the tips of their tentacles. The two mates then swap sperm and eggs, which float around inside of their bubbles, eventually meeting and fertilizing the eggs. The eggs are kept inside of the bubbles until they hatch, and the baby jellies will live there for several days before venturing out on their own through the opening. They will produce 4-37 young each which will stick near the shore eating detritus until they reach maturity after about 12 weeks.

During the harsh dry season, the Landjellies will enter the tidepools en masse, causing H. lacusalios to become the major predator until the season ends. At this point, Landjellies will begin to mature and reproduce nearly twice as fast, feeding off of the dead skin of Tide Hoppers and T. flotsis to keep the population from failing due to the frequent Tide Hopper attacks.