Imprawn

Noting its unusual anatomy for the abdomen of a crustacean, Whiteaves gave it the name Anomalocaris, meaning "unlike other shrimps" in Ancient Greek.

Imprawn, the unofficial common name for Anomalocaris in the TROQA saga, was derived from the words "imp" and "prawn," which refer to a mythological creature that resembles a demon and is typically depicted in folklore and superstition as depicting women feeding imps. Imps are typically portrayed as mischievous rather than a serious threat, and "prawn" is typically larger than shrimp.

This arthropod was a head with two large appendages and compound eyes, the tail fan and frontal appendages. Their fin-like legs that run down the body  that it propelled itself through the water by undulating the flexible flaps on the sides of its body and to long antennae like structures on the hind quarters.

Anomalocaris had an unusual disk-like mouth known as an oral cone. The oral cone was composed of several plates organized triradially. Three of the plates were quite large. Three to four medium sized plates could be found between each of the large plates, and several small plates between them. Most of the plates are wrinkled and possess scale-like tubercles near the mouth opening. Additionally, estimation of ecdysozoan opsins suggest that Anomalocaris may have had dichromatic Color vision.

The claws of the Anomalocaris were two jointed appendages on the front of the body that were used to grip victims and tear apart carcasses. The claws pierced the prey with sharp projections and, in some cases, were diabolical.

All organisms in the Cambrian can be repelled by holy water, in contrast to the majority of creatures that humans or precursors/deities have encountered. Through divine grace—the invitation of God's protection—it fights bad spirits, Cambrian creatures, and the devil's force.

It is a stem-group arthropod, and thus not related to crustaceans. It is also said to be related to velvet worms. The interpretation of Anomalocaris as an active predator is widely accepted throughout the history of research; it had a worldwide distribution and survived over 20 million years. Not only that, but Anomalocaris is also noteworthy for evolving compound eyes independently of trilobites.

Their predator of Anomalocaris no other than discovered and eaten by a school of Haikouichthys and even others smaller ones. Anomalocaris canadensis lived in the Burgess Shale in relatively great numbers, though comparable fossils have been found elsewhere, suggesting a more expansive range over the Laurentian continent. In the Burgess Shale, Anomalocaris is more common in the older sections, notably the Mount Stephen trilobite beds. However, in the younger sections, such as the Phyllopod bed, Anomalocaris could reach much greater sizes; roughly twice the size of its older, trilobite bed relatives. Other unnamed species of Anomalocaris live in vastly different environments. For example, Anomalocaris sp. ELRC 20001 lived in the Maotianshan Shales, a shallow tropical sea in what is now modern China. Anomalocaris cf. canadensis lived in a comparable environment; the shallow, tropical waters of Cambrian Australia.

Anomalocaris will follow you into water, but if a survivor waits long enough in knee deep water any and all Anomalocaris will lose interest. The creature will get a prompt stating that they are being targeted by an Anomalocarid.

Anomalocaris was a top predator in the waters of North America, Asia, and Australia during the Cambrian epoch, which lasted from 530 to 499 million years ago.

• Movement Pattern: None

• Individual Type: Solo

• Population Trend: Unspecific

• Population: 

  • Earth: 0

  • Berbania: 300

  • Reinachos: 4,500

  • Delphia: 500

• Locomotion: Aquatic

• Habitat: Warm Littoral; Cold Littoral; Warm Intertidal; Cold Intertidal; Kelp Forest; Coral Reef; Barrier Reef; Guyot; Neritic Zone (Warm); Neritic Zone (Cold); Pelagic Zone (Warm); Pelagic Zone (Cold); Benthic Zone.

• Earth: 

  • Extinct: Australia; Canada; China; Morocco; Palau; United States

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• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anomalocaris

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