Stickyball Fortresscrab

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Stickyball Fortresscrab
(Ariadnus castellumcancer)
Main image of Stickyball Fortresscrab
Species is extinct.
17/117, Replaced by Descendant
Information
CreatorBlarg Other
Week/Generation14/93
HabitatOvi-Hydro Plains
Size25 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietOmnivore (Grasses, Small Plents, Other Scuttlecrabs, creatures that come into their territory)
RespirationActive (Microlungs)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual (spider-like egg cases that hold hundreds of eggs, although only about half that many actually survive)
Taxonomy
Domain
Kingdom
Subkingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Superfamily
Family
Genus
Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes
Thoracocephalia
Entomocarcinia
Chelaticimecia
Anansiicaroidea
Anansiicaridae
Ariadnus
Ariadnus castellumcancer
Ancestor:Descendants:

Aside from getting smaller, the stickyball fortresscrab is almost an exact replica of its ancestor. Its main difference is in its behavior. The stickyball fortresscrab gets its name from its odd method of building its nests. It will go out and collect superstickyballs, and use them as a type of "brick" to build its home. In between these "bricks" it will place mud and leaves, glued together by the sticky "juice" from the superstickyballs, as well as its own webbing. The stickyball fortresscrab has also developed a type of corrosive chemical that works exclusively on the superstickyballs' sticky "juice". This chemical allows it to handle the things that it works with to build its home. These 20 foot high towers are used as homes for the stickyball fortresscrabs, as well as "beacons" of sorts, alerting animals all over the place that they are coming into fortresscrab territory, and they will not stand it. For the stickyball fortresscrabs are also extremely hostile, and if any animal comes into what they consider their territory, they will be swarmed, and usually killed. As well as this, the stickyball fortresscrabs will destroy the vegetation around them, giving the superstickyballs that they live in symbiosis with a bigger area to grow. Due to these advancements, the stickyball fortresscrab has replaced its ancestor.

Living Relatives (click to show/hide)

These are randomly selected, and organized from lowest to highest shared taxon. (This may correspond to similarity more than actual relation)
  • Climber Crystalkrugg (class Entomocarcinia)