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 special 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.

Cave crabs

Unlike their more colourful cousins, these crabs are milky white, due to the lack of sunlight in the sea caves of the Thraasi Foothills. They are known to cover themselves in seaweed for better camouflage.

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.

Frost-mottled crabs

The serene crabs of Valho Coast have snow-white shells speckled with navy patterns. Crystalised ice sparkles on their ligaments, causing the creatures to move about stiffly. Their blue-mottled, envenomed pincers are powerful enough to snap bone and are quite capable of knocking people off of their feet.

Ghost crabs

These rare albino crabs creep about silently in the tidal pools of Zanzibaar.

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.

Mud crabs

Covered completely in mud, this crab is difficult to distinguish from its environment in Dun Swamp. Its armored body is mutated and deformed, with pincers branching off from its front and sides.

Putrid green crabs

Protected by their putrid green shells, these small crabs of Grukai Swamp aggressively confront any trespassing creature with their venom-covered claws. Their azure eyestalks waggle fiercely as they snap at anything which comes near.

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.

Spider crabs

The giant Lothian spider crabs are an old and fearsome race. Fifteen feet long, they are terrible menace of the deep, and are not typically targeted by patrons of crab buffets.