Was the new Sea of Consciousness a preview of Aquatic planets?

[ZeeHero]

Jem-hadar are a species genetically modified/engineered, not syncretic.

 

[Bezborg]

When the Sea of Consciousness got a new look in the latest patch it seemed a bit random, although nice. Now that Aquatics (shoudn't it be Aquatoids to keep up the theme?) have been announced, the preview screenshots seem to be showing planets looking like the Sea of Consciousness.

This got me thinking that the Aquatics won't be using Ocean planets as their home, but instead will use a new "Aquatic" planet type (using the same model as the new Sea of Consciousness) that is supposed to be almost entirely ocean. And their core mechanic will be terraforming planets into "Aquatic" ones with the big spaceships from the trailer and screenshots.

Soooo... nope.

Just a plain old ocean world. With cities on islands. Nothing special at all.