The Splurchin family is a family of urchan-like enemies in Hey! Pikmin. The only known member in the family is the Large Splurchin, which is where the family name originates from.

All known members of this family are in the Spicasfaira genus.

MembersEdit

Large SplurchinEdit

Main article: Large Splurchin.

The Large Splurchin is an enemy in Hey! Pikmin. It is one of the few creatures in the entire series that is completely invincible and acts more like an obstacle, blindly moving in a single direction and being covered in deadly spikes.

NamingEdit

The name "Splurchin" is a play on urchin, the real-world creature the enemy is likely based after.

The name of the Spicasfaira genus comes from spica, Latin for spike, and sfaira, Greek for sphere.

Names in other languagesEdit

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Language Name Meaning Notes
  Japanese ゴロンガゼ?
Goron gaze ka
Rolling Diadema setosum family
  Dutch Zeekastanjes Sea chestnuts
  French groursin Contraction of gros oursin (big urchin)
  German Seericius Sea hedgehog Sea Hedgehog is the literal translation of the word Seeigel (Sea urchin). Ricius is the Germanized form of the Italian word riccio, which either means Hedgehog or Shell in the case of chestnuts.
  Italian Ricciospini
  Korean 둥글성게 과
  Spanish Erízulos

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