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Paperbell Squid

Chartamantellum tenue

Twilight19 cm mantle · Jetting · rippling

Field record

Its mantle is thin enough that every turn leaves a crease in it, brief pleats that hold for a second after the animal has already gone still, like a page folded and let spring half open. I've never seen the same crease twice, which means either the tissue remembers nothing or it remembers everything.

Marginal note: “mantle creases like a folded page when it turns”

Habitat

ZoneTwilight Zone

Depth range600–1,300 m

DiscoveryNo special condition — found simply by piloting close enough to identify it.

Catching it

A Twilight-tier catch needs at least a Fine Mesh Net— anything under that rating can never hold it, whatever the throw. Bought at the Quartermaster’s counter for 90 crystals. A held net inks this entry for good and pays its ledger bonus on the spot.

Ledger bonus on capture+6 Fleet Haul

Full capture mechanics — sighting vs. capture, the aim ring, why a net below a creature’s tier always bursts — in The Ledger.