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Tidewash Bell

Pulsatio litoris

Coastal5 cm bell · Drifting · pulsing

Field record

It only moves on the incoming surge, letting each wave shove it a little further up over the rock shelf, bell contracting once per swell like a small pulse timed to the sea. On the ebb it goes slack and lets the backwash take nothing from it. I have watched it claim the same three meters of reef a dozen times and never give an inch back.

Marginal note:advances with every wave, retreats from none

Habitat

Depth range0600 m
DiscoveryNo special condition — found simply by piloting close enough to identify it.

Catching it

A Coastal-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+3 Light Radius

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

Sharing this water

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