Squattuck

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Taxonomy
Ancestors and Descendants
Ancestor: Caltuck

Habitat:Coasts of Western North Gemstar

The Squattuck have taken advantage of the minimal competition on Gemstar and become nearly fully terrestrial in lifestyle, only returning to crowded tidepools to spawn. They've developed rows upon rows of fleshy, feathery gills inside their mantle that actually help serve to absorb water from the air provided the atmospheric temperature is warmer than it's internal temperature and can condense. It's large calcium plates have become much more fine to provide more stability, reduce weight, and allow for small degrees of flexibility that it's ancestor lacked. The underside of their mouth-foot is covered in small spikes to give them exceptional grip even on smooth rock and to help prevent being impaled on the spines of revofrondo and similar organisms. It's feeding darts have also become elongate and can be shot forward at high speed to puncture even the thick skin of revofrondo. Their dark blueish coloration helps to block harmful UV rays that can cause serious damage in large organisms that are exposed to them. They have a high variability in size, though the absolute largest almost never exceed twelve centimeters from tip to tip.