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==Members== | ==Members== | ||
===Bug-Eyed Crawmad=== | ===Bug-Eyed Crawmad=== | ||
[[File:Bug- | [[File:Bug-Eyed Crawmad P4 icon.png|left|150px]] | ||
{{Main|Bug-Eyed Crawmad}} | {{Main|Bug-Eyed Crawmad}} | ||
Scientific name: ''Camabarus subterranid'' | |||
The Bug-Eyed Crawmad is a much larger relative of the Hermit Crawmad. Notable differences include large eyes on stalks as opposed to just the pupils, and the carapace now protects the creature's backside as well. It also features intimidating yellow spikes on its back. | The Bug-Eyed Crawmad is a much larger relative of the Hermit Crawmad. Notable differences include large eyes on stalks as opposed to just the pupils, and the carapace now protects the creature's backside as well. It also features intimidating yellow spikes on its back. | ||
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===Hermit Crawmad=== | ===Hermit Crawmad=== | ||
[[File: | [[File:Hermit Crawmad P4 icon.png|left|150px]] | ||
{{Main|Hermit Crawmad}} | {{Main|Hermit Crawmad}} | ||
The Hermit Crawmad is a small crab like enemy with a strong carapace protecting the front part of its body. It's backside, however, is vulnerable and fleshy. In order to attack the backside, the player must lure the creature out of its hole using Pikmin, and then attack it. A quick charge with 40-50 Blues should defeat it in 1 or 2 tries. | Scientific name: ''Camabarus rustica'' | ||
The Hermit Crawmad is a small crab-like enemy with a strong carapace protecting the front part of its body. It's backside, however, is vulnerable and fleshy. In order to attack the backside, the player must lure the creature out of its hole using Pikmin, and then attack it. A quick charge with 40-50 Blues should defeat it in 1 or 2 tries. | |||
Despite its similarities to the squilla, it is actually related to the hermit crab, from which it originally evolved from. | Despite its similarities to the squilla, it is actually related to the hermit crab, from which it originally evolved from. | ||
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==Naming== | ==Naming== | ||
"Crawmad" is likely a combination of the words "{{w|Crayfish|crawdad}}" and "{{w|nomad}}" given their resemblance to the real-world crustaceans and the nomadic patterns of the {{w|hermit crab}}, which the Hermit Crawmad is also named after. The Japanese names of members of this family refer to the word {{j|シャコ|shako}}, which means {{w|mantis shrimp}}, a real world creature that highly resembles the Hermit Crawmad. | "Crawmad" is likely a combination of the words "{{w|Crayfish|crawdad}}" and "{{w|nomad}}" given their resemblance to the real-world crustaceans and the nomadic patterns of the {{w|hermit crab}}, which the Hermit Crawmad is also named after. The Japanese names of members of this family refer to the word {{j|シャコ|shako}}, which means {{w|mantis shrimp}}, a real world creature that highly resembles the Hermit Crawmad. | ||
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|SpaM = Crazydiggers | |SpaM = Crazydiggers | ||
|Ger = Greifer | |Ger = Greifer | ||
|GerM = | |GerM = Grablers | ||
|Por = Tamuracuarídeos | |||
|PorM = From ''tamarutaca'' (mantis shrimp) | |||
}} | }} | ||