Crabs

Crabs are crustaceans with small, folded bodies and eyes on stalks. Crabs can be found primarily near the coasts of Sapience; however, fresh-water varieties are known to inhabit wetland regions, such as the Dun Valley swamp. A common delight of fishermen, they are commonly used as bait while the sweet meat of larger species can be found in the local cuisine of many coastal principalities such as Jaru, Shastaan, and Ashtan.

Black crabs

Small black crabs skitter about the underground lake below Blackrock. Opening and closing their pincers agitatedly, they can be found skittering unceasingly through the inky waters of their home.

Blue sand crabs

The aggressive blue sand crab is the most numerous of the few species on the desert island of Tapoa.

Burrowing silt crabs

These small black arthropods of the Mnemosyne Delta are difficult to spot. True to their name, they burrow into the silt of the riverbed for safety, emerging only to change position or to catch prey with their broad, stubby claws.

Fiddler crabs

Blue-green fiddler crabs march up and down the Eastern shore of Sapience, avoiding sand boas and sandpipers. One of its claws is distinctly larger than the other, and as the smaller claw moves food towards the mouth, the crab appears to be playing the larger claw like a fiddle.

King crabs

Though identical to other crabs of the Notic intertidal regions, the enormous crabs of Ka'doloki dwarf their siblings, having massive legs and a swollen red carapace.

Land crabs

Giant land crabs comb the mud of Dun Valley swamp for hidden clams or dead fish. They have hard, brown shells with sharp spines.

Red crabs

Waving their claws back and forth, these spiny Riparium crabs are aggressive, nipping at anything within reach.

Red king crabs

Gentler than his smaller eastern cousins, the wine-coloured king crab variant of Sea Lion Cove has a four-foot span. King crabs have a dominant right claw, and they wave them about as they scuttle across the beach comically.