Shen Gaoren

Gigantodeopagurus dracalvarus

Shen Gaoren

“ A giant Carapaceon with an equally giant monster's skull on its back. Prone to roaming and fiercely territorial, any intruders will be met with opposition, so nearby forts or towns must be warned of its presence. ”

– Monster Hunter Freedom Unite

Scientific Taxonomy & Character Information

Domain: Eukaryota

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Arthropoda

Subphylum: Crustacea

Class: Malacostraca

Order: Decapoda

Suborder: Pleocyemata

Infraorder: Anomura

Family: Pagurotauridae

Genius: Gigantodeopagurus

Species: Gigantodeopagurus dracalvarus

Descendant: ???

Named by: ???

Year Published: ???

Size: 20.5 m tall in height; 19.56 m in length; 6,000 kg in weight

Type: Crustaceans (Carapaceons)

Title: Fortress Crab

Pantheon: 

Time Period: Paleocene - Holocene

Alignment: Docile

Diet: Omnivorous

Elements: Water, dark, combat

Inflicts: Acidized, stunned, sundered

Weaknesses: Fire, electric, leaf, light, fae, chaos

Casualties: ???

Based On: itself

Conservation Status: Vulnerable

Shen Gaoren (Gigantodeopagurus dracalvarus) is the gigantic spider crab-like hermit crab introduced in Monster Hunter 2. This creature was Elder Dragon-level monsters and a living natural disaster. Both in the Monster Hunter movie to Disney, as well as the collaborations.


Shen Gaoren is the one of the few monsters in the Monster Hunter series as invasive characters or invasive species. Introduced in Worldcraft: Fairytale's Ending as corpse for mentioning the de-extinction by elves. Princess Belle and Camilo Madrigal prevent the resurrecting of the enormous crab as a prototype, according to United Nations protocols. In the Weather Dragons series was now a living thing and real in Bagani: Puyoy, the Caecilian as minor antihero. In the Monster Hunter universe and our world, this crab was Pre-Silk Road and before the fall of the Roman Empire.

Etymology

Mandarin: 砦蟹; meaning "Godly Tall Man".

Physical Appearance

Identifiable by its grey exoskeleton, towering legs and the gigantic green-yellow balls of acid that it generates and hurls from the rear of its body. Shen Gaoren uses a Lao-Shan Lung skull for protection.

Abilities

Unlike Lao-Shan Lung, Shen Gaoren will occasionally pause to attack enemies directly, trying to slam one of its huge claws down upon one. It may do this twice or even 3 times before proceeding along its path through the valley. It can have towering legs and shoot the gigantic green-yellow balls of acid that it generates and hurls from the rear of its body. When reaching a high ledge, it is possible to jump on Shen Gaoren's back, essentially into the mouth of the Lao-Shan Lung skull after it does its acid blast.

Weather Phenomenon

Ecology

Its colossal size helps it to defeat most creatures. The diet of Shen Gaoren is unknown; however, it is likely to be omnivorous, like most real-life crabs.

Behavior

Shen Gaoren is relatively passive by nature. It moves about without noticing hunters; when enraged however, it may attempt to attack hunters with its huge sturdy claws or move its legs and pincers wildly.

Distribution and Habitat

Shen Gaoren appears in the mountain ranges not far from their world to Eurasia.


Tamed

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Lore

Shen Gaoren was a very rare sighting in the Silk Road event between Japan to Scotland attacked by a single tall deep sea crab. Many people called "Corrosive Cannonball Crab" or "CCC" (Scottish Gaelic: crùbag canain corrach). Many wyverians and felynes didn't know that this crab caused earthquakes and acidified towns and forts. Borrowing the larger Elder Dragon called Lao Shan Lung. Pre-Visayan invasion from Visayas to China, that crab attacks before the present. This diet varied from terrestrial plants to deep ocean ecosystems, as an omnivorous diet like most species of crabs. Unlike the Japanese spider crab, this creature is always crouching and walking slowly, even switching to standing mode.

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