Surge Jelly Creature Guide and Details | Subnautica 2

A large jellyfish-like organism with a distinct light blue stinger. It can release electric shocks to stun its prey.

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

[1] Single animal
Unlike colonial organisms such as the Portuguese man'o'war, the surge jelly is a single animal with specialized tissues - far *more* specialized and complex than Earth jellies. Proposed class name: staurobrachia (pole arms).

[2] Complex internal structure
Outer bell ringed with sense organs called rhopalia. A nerve net coordinates the bell's motions to swim and seek prey. The visible inner structure is the gut.

[3] Feeding structure
The jelly retains its stalk - a remnant of its growth in a stack of clones. The stalk draws in nutrients for the gut.

[4] Charged fins
Two rigid fins contain wirelike electrocytes, likely a development of ancestral tentacles. These organs build voltage to stun or kill prey. Measured power ranges from 400 to 1000 volts at 1 ampere: enough to kill a human.

[5] Peculiar passengers
Traces of radioactivity, high-temperature waxes and sulfuric acid imply contact with a hydrothermal vent. Composition of the jelly's tissues suggest origins in the deep ocean.

[6] Former domestics?
Jellies in close proximity communicate through their electric fields. Whether jellies have individual names or a grammatical language is purely speculative, but some patterns may be trained or learned - even passed down through generations of jellies.

Assessment: minor danger in close contact. Fascinating research prospect from a distance.

Scan this very fast creature along with a Hammerhead using your Bioscanner to unlock the Homing Sense Biomod.

Biomod	Effect
Homing Sense	Detect nearby bases with electrical power.