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|creator = Coolsteph
|image = Sheltered_Gilltail.png
|ancestor = Elongated Gilltail
|size = 12 cm Long
|habitat = Krakow Polar Coast
|diet = Herbivore ([[LadyM Korystal]])
|thermoregulation=Ectotherm
|respiration = Semi-Active (Ram Gill)
|reproduction= Sexual, Eggs in Crusicruges
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|genus = Luzangaingira
|species = agripeta
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Most of the time, sheltered gilltails look much like their ancestors. Most of the time, the only physical differences are the slightly smaller bodies, absence of a fin below the respiratory tube, and proportionally bigger eyes. However, during late summer, female sheltered gilltails grow a small, needle-like ovipositor. The females inject a special toxin into the inner membranes of a crusicruge with this ovipositor. The toxin greatly modifies the crusicruge's hormones, sterilizing it and making it grow bigger in a more upright shape. As a result, the enlarged crusicruge effectively becomes a protective wall. The female lays only one egg into each crusicruge, and each sheltered gilltail lives in the same crusicruge it hatched in.
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