| Shockshell | |||
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| General information | |||
| Classification | Elekshell shellshockus | ||
| Species type | Swamp Bean | ||
| Homeworld | Sagan IV | ||
| Environment | Ichthy River, Ichthy Swamp | ||
| Intelligence | Non-sapient | ||
| Biochemistry | Carbon-based lifeform | ||
| Biological information | |||
| Reproduction | Asexual; lays eggs in the water | ||
| Average height | 20 cm | ||
| Locomotion | Sessile | ||
| Feeding behavior | Filter Feeder | ||
| Predators | Shockshell Gilltail | ||
| Distinctive features | Produce defensive electrical shocks | ||
| Lineage information | |||
| Ancestor(s) | Swamp Beans, Biln | ||
| Descendant(s) | Maritime Shockshell, Sea Shockshell | ||
| Related species | Cnidusa, Clinging Cnidusa, Enomena, Luminbean | ||
| Cultural information | |||
| Alignment | True Neutral | ||
| Personality | Mindless | ||
| Organization | Colonies | ||
| Sociocultral characteristics | |||
| Scientific taxonomy | |||
| Planet | Sagan IV | ||
| Domain | Eukaryota | ||
| Kingdom | Protobia (Microbial life on Sagan IV) | ||
| Family | Phoenokarpatsidae (Swamp Beans and their relatives) | ||
| Genus | Elekshell (Shockshells) | ||
| Species | shellshockus | ||
| Other information | |||
| Creator | Hydromancer X | ||
| First sighting | Kingon Period | ||
The Shockshell (Elekshell shellshockus) were the holotype species of shockshell indigenous to the Ichthy River and the Ichthy Swamp on the planet of Sagan IV. It emerged during the Kingon Period.
Background information[]
The shockshell replaced its ancestor the biln. Some gilltails came to Ichthy Swamp to feed on the biln. Over time both species stared an arms race with each other. The biln grew tougher and tougher outsides which eventually become a hard calcium shell. Thus the shockshell was born. The electric charge they use to attract food particles to them now double as a deterrent to its main enemy the shockshell gilltail. However this doesn't always work. They also have improved their reproduction by laying hundreds of eggs into the water during the spring. The shockshell's size has also doubled in order to try to get too big to eat.