A'moa'a

A'moa'a are long, jellyfish-like creatures from the watery Antuka'i home planet of Kanu'wei.

Biology
A'moa'a vaguely resemble jellyfish-like eels with a long, slender body that ends in an array of tentacles; they have shorter, flatter tentacles along each side of it's body that they can use to aid in manoeuvrability and propulsion. They have no eyes but see directly from a photosensitive patch through their transparent cranium, with most of their skeletal structure is composed of a transparent but tough cartilage that can be seen through semitransparent blue, grey or green skin; this skin contains tiny photopores that enable the A'moa'a to send flashes of bioluminecent colour over their bodies toward off predators.

A'moa'a breath the oxygen in the water directly through osmotic gas exchange, have a small mouths that they use to eat the thin leaves of ma'wal, a hair-like seaweed but can also absorb minerals by their rear tentacles through volcanic rock surfaces.

The creatures can grow to 10 to 11 meters and there are several species spread across Kanu'wei's warm waters.

As a totem.
The Antuka'i regard the A'moa'a as sacred and believe they ferry souls to the next world; while hunting and killing them have severe repercussions, not to mention A'moa'a have no nutritional value, nevertheless the glass-like cartilaginous skeleton and semi-transparent, silky skin have been used to make very expensive and highly sought-after jewellery by the less-spiritual Antuka'i or ultra-brave alien who dares to try to hunt them in the wild.