Poop-Scooping Scuttlecrab

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Poop-Scooping Scuttlecrab
(Fossoriblattacaris poomobilus)
Main image of Poop-Scooping Scuttlecrab
Species is extinct.
15/101, gamma-ray burst
Information
CreatorHydromancerx Other
Week/Generation6/40
HabitatOvi-Hydro Savanna
Size35 cm Long
Primary MobilityUnknown
SupportUnknown
DietHerbivore (Stickyballs, Grasses)
RespirationActive (Microlungs)
ThermoregulationEctotherm
ReproductionSexual (Lays a brood of small, soft, snail-like eggs in a hole in the moist sand on the beaches)
Taxonomy
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Species
Eukaryota
Binucleozoa
Symbiovermes (info)
Thoracocephalia
Coluripoda
Ossicancer
Entomocarcinia (info)
Chelaticimecia
Fossoriblattacaridae
Fossoriblattacaris
Fossoriblattacaris poomobilus
Ancestor:Descendants:

The poop-scooping scuttlecrab evolved from the mud-scooping scuttlecrab. It has developed a life on the Ovi-Hydro Savanna rolling up dung from the many herbivores and forming them into big mounds. Since soft soil is generally hard to find, they use the dung for their burrows. They each work independently, but collectively build larger and larger mounds that eventually merge into each other. Since most of the herbivore dung has a lot of plant matter in it, their large mounds tend to be a brownish-purple. Surprisingly, stickyballs cannot grow well on it, because dirt is always tossed on top, continually covering them.

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)
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    Whiskrugg (class Entomocarcinia)