Muddy Terracrab
Evolved from T. aqualantis due predation some were pushed to the muddy shorelines and mud flats of zone 6(muddy shorelines and mudflats of zone H) to avoid their predators' hunting ground while also trying to adapt better in a muddy shore. They developed a muddy pattern to allow better camouflage in the mud. These species soon changed to be a mud burrowing species allowing them able to hide in the mud. They developed chintinous filaments from extra chitin from their mandibles allowing them to filter out minerals in the mud
Found in the zone 6(muddy shorelines and underwater mudflats of zone H), they have a carapace width of 15cm with a carapace length of 6cm.They live solitarily crawling on the muddy bed foraging near their burrow. They feed on A.okeanus, and minerals in the mud. They feed on minerals in the mud by grabbing mud then feeding them into their mouth so they can filter. When they filter out all the minerals they spit out the mud. When they spot a predator(like R.parvus)they would quickly scurry of to their burrow and hide Their claws are use as defense by pinching at their predator. They live in waters at a depth of 5-30m. Their coloration is purely a muddy brown. They live in single burrow. The mandibles could possibly also crush pebbles to find minerals to eat in the pebbles that lay around the muddy shores.
They feed via filtering mud by scooping it up with their claws then puming out water from their body to push out all the mud and using their chitinous filaments to trap minerals then feeding on the minerals.
When breeding females release pheromones in the water which allows males to follow the scent into their burrow. When the male finds the female which will mate. Each female will carry up t0 50-70 eggs but only 30-45 will survive due to predations. Once the eggs hatch the babies go fully independent and fend for themselves.
