Land urchin

Land urchins (Paphalia terracilii; known in Irish Gaelic as Beathachóir, meaning gold beast) are a limbless species and the sole living terrestrial member of the genus Paphalii. They are native to Bobrock, but have since been introduced to Rockland, Corvan, the Jonathian island of Coamben, and parts of Canadia and Jonathia.
Seen by the native Bobrockian people as a sacred animal (Irish: ainmhí naofa), land urchins were used to deter pests from tribal camps. Upon colonization in the 16th and 17th centuries, land urchins were designated as a pest by Canadish settlers, as they consumed crops and water supplies. In reaction, the species was hunted to near-extinction by settlers. Due to this, roughly 360 land urchins remained across Bobrock by 1908. In the mid-20th century, as Bobrock began to liberalize, the government derecognized land urchins as a pest, and began a campaign to help repopulate the species. Land urchins boarding a cargo ship travelling across the Stalatic Ocean accidentally brought the species to Rockland, Corvan, and Coamben. In recent years, land urchins have been found in parts of Canadia and Jonathia, where they are still recognized to this day as a pest, due to their ability to rapidly populate and overrun human settlements.
== Appearance ==
Land urchins are neon yellow and are orb-like in shape. Around their body are small tenticles used for a multitude of purposes; they are used to retrieve nutrients from food and water, they are used as a sensory guide - land urchins lack eyes - so as to navigate easier, they are used to eject a venom-like spit at predators, and they are used during mating to transfer sperms from a male to female. Land urchins move by sliding along the ground.
Females possess a sack at the bottom of their body. After sex, this bag fills up with eggs, which the female subsequently releases from the bottom of it's body after roughly two to three weeks.
Category:Land urchins
Category:Species
Category:Paphalii
Category:Bobrock
Category:Coamben
Category:Corvan
Category:Canadia
Category:Jonathia
Category:Rockland