Because their habitat is space. Think of it as akin to asking "are there people on earth that live at sea?" Dolphins wouldn't count.
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Because their habitat is space. Think of it as akin to asking "are there people on earth that live at sea?" Dolphins wouldn't count.
But the habitat of the "Farpoint" jellyfish wasn't exclusively space: one of them was living on a planet. 
Limiting the species in question to those that cannot survive in space without machines sounds a bit artificial. (And for all we know, those jellyfish have space houses, too, in big space cities, just of a type we wouldn't immediately recognize as housing.) But I guess it's a valid limitation; I originally mistook it to mean space cultures as opposed to space animals, and objected to the characterization of nonhumanoid lifeforms as animals without further proof...
Timo Saloniemi
Limiting the species in question to those that cannot survive in space without machines sounds a bit artificial. (And for all we know, those jellyfish have space houses, too, in big space cities, just of a type we wouldn't immediately recognize as housing.) But I guess it's a valid limitation; I originally mistook it to mean space cultures as opposed to space animals, and objected to the characterization of nonhumanoid lifeforms as animals without further proof...
Timo Saloniemi
But the habitat of the "Farpoint" jellyfish wasn't exclusively space: one of them was living on a planet.
There’s living and there’s being force to exist outside of your proper ecosystem.
I think the space jellyfish "living" on Deneb IV falls into the latter.
The El-Aurians have pretty much evolved into a "Space Based Race" after their World was destroyed by the Borg, as Guinan has said, her people were "Scattered" and from what we've seen with the three El-Aurians (Guinan, Soren, Matzur) shown, they seem to spend a lot of time on Starships or Space Stations
The Voth definitely qualify since they left Earth millions of years ago and travel space in city ships and have technology far in advance of the Federation.
But so would the Borg and the Voth, in principle. The humanoid lifeform is designed for dwelling on planetary surfaces; the Borg were driven away from those by a policy decision, it seems, while the Voth were either banished by an incoming asteroid or then found an excuse from one. And yes, the Tarellians would be another prime example of that, too.
Indeed, any exodus into space for a species that wasn't "naturally spaceborne" would be artificial to a degree, one forced by circumstances - essentially meaning that no species could ever meet the criteria of the original question.
Timo Saloniemi
^ I think the OP is looking for humanoid lifeforms that live solely in space, be it on ships or spacestations. Not evolved spaceborne organic ships.
So, the Borg and Voth are fine, but the Jellyfish are disqualified by that criteria and the wording in the original post.
So, the Borg and Voth are fine, but the Jellyfish are disqualified by that criteria and the wording in the original post.
^ I think Tin Man will forgive us our trespasses. 
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