Ventgarden

The Ventgarden is a large jellyfish-like fauna species that harbors a miniature biome within its bell.

Appearance
The Ventgarden's central body is rounded with a point at the bottom. From the base of the body seven long ciliated tentacles extend downwards, tapering to a point at the end. Between each pair of tentacles is a glowing yellow circle, the nature of which are unknown.

On the top of the body, a huge hollow and transparent bell is attached, with a petal-like set of blue and yellow patterned frills below it. In the centre of the body within the bell, a large red resembling seaweed can be seen. Directly above this and attached to the top of the bell is a large cone-shaped structure that emits a bright cyan glow at night.

From the base of the bell, six long branches protrude and curve upwards, each with multiple "plateaus" attached which provide surfaces for flora to grow within the bell.

Redwort, Writhing Weed and Blue Palms can be seen growing within the bell in the concept art.

Behaviour
The Ventgarden likely drifts around the ocean in search of thermal vents. It appears that when the Ventgarden finds a vent, it plants its tentacles into the ground, anchoring it in place above the vent. It is possible that it does this in order to perform a chemosynthetic reaction with the chemicals emitted in the smoke to generate energy, a tactic utilised by several organisms living around hydrothermal vents on Earth.

When sitting over a thermal vent, several large holes open on the top and bottom of the bell, it is possible that the player is able to swim inside the body through these holes.

Design
The Ventgarden appears very similar in appearance to real-life jellies. It is possible that the Ventgarden is inspired by the golden jellies of jellyfish lake which harbor photosynthetic glucose-producing algae within their body.