Class: Malaeostrace Species Odontodactylos
Common name: Niyati
Base organism: Mantis shrimp
Original niche: Low level pray
Characteristics of original organism: the mantis shrimp eats shrimp, crabs and fish hit it�s pray with it�s club for appendages in the front looks like a armored catapiller.
New niche: Low level predator / prey
Adaptations: The Niyati will get larger to better find and eat crabs, clams, mussels and dead fish. They will use clubs to kill its pray and then crack them open to eat. During spring the Niyati will let out millions of offspring. They are often eaten by Vaughn, small Ottostings and many other kinds of animals in the sea. Two in one million surive to be full grown Niyati.
Biome type: Costal reefs
Nutrition: They mainly eat dead fish, mussels, crabs and clams.