Cancerpes

Cancerpedi (sing. Cancerpes) are a species from the beach planet Litorna.

Appearence
Cancerpedi look like crabs with four legs and two arms. They have golden coloration and brown or orange claws and head.

Behaivor
Cancerpedi live in small colonies inside the shores of Litorna, and feed on small mollusk-like species.

Natural Predator
The Testux is the natural predator of the Cancerpes species.

Origins and Biology
Cancerpedi evoved from crustacean-like animals, and they went huge because of the large amounts of oxygen in Litorna's atmosphere.

Etymology
Cancer is the Latin for "crab".

Trivia

 * Cancerpedi are coincidentally similar to Piscciss Premanns.
 * A rare subspecies of the Cancerpes has a lobster-like tail.