Editing Lithopod family

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The '''lithopod family''' is a family of [[Enemy|enemies]] that exists in all three [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]], as well as ''[[Hey! Pikmin]]''. Members of this family have the ability to suck in air and spit out rocks. Each enemy has a different way of attacking, with their strengths and weaknesses. In ''Pikmin'', the rocks can be destroyed by a [[punch]], while in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'', a Purple Pikmin's stomp can destroy them with ease. In ''Pikmin 2'', leaders can also [[lie down]] to destroy them without receiving damage.

== Members ==
=== Arctic Cannon Larva ===
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The Arctic Cannon Beetle is a variety of lithopod that appears in ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. It is of a brighter whitish-green color compared to the Armored Cannon Larva with a lavender underbelly. They live in snowy areas, and instead of spitting out boulders, they spit out snowballs that trap [[Pikmin family|Pikmin]] and leaders, and sends them back on a predetermined path. Like the [[Armored Cannon Beetle Larva]]'s boulders, [[Winged Pikmin]] can fly over them. The only non-visual different between it and its cousin is that snowballs don't flatten Pikmin, but can knock them into hazards or send them back to the end of the path.

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=== Armored Cannon Beetle ===
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The Armored Cannon Beetle is the mature specimen of an Armored Cannon Beetle Larva. Strangely, it was only seen in ''[[Pikmin (game)|Pikmin]]'', whereas the larval forms were exclusive to the sequel. It is a large, black, metallic-looking beetle with a thick, impervious, rounded shell of armor, a blowhole above its head, and a mouth. It attacks by inhaling through its blowhole and subsequently spitting out rolling rocks from its mouth, crushing any Pikmin (or leader) in the way. The only way to defeat it is to clog its blowhole with a Pikmin, which will cause the beetle to expose its steaming red backside.

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=== Armored Cannon Beetle Larva ===
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Armored Cannon Beetle Larvae are enemies in ''[[Pikmin 2]]'' and ''[[Pikmin 3]]''. They resemble large grubs with small blue eyes and a mouth bearing resemblance to that of the [[Armored Cannon Beetle]]. It also has a blowhole, but appears to inhale through its mouth, unlike the adult form. This animal behaves in much the same manner as the Armored Cannon Beetle, but turns and spits at a faster rate and has much less [[health]]. They do not have the hard exoskeleton the adults are infamous for, and are thus vulnerable on all parts of their body.

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=== Decorated Cannon Beetle ===
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Decorated Cannon Beetles have an appearance identical to Armored Cannon Beetle Larvae, except they are red instead of green. They, too, spit out stones, but their rocks home in on the leaders due to magnetic substance is inside the rock which locks onto the leaders' suits. The adult form of this has not appeared in any [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]] so far, but they appear to be in the same family as the Armored Cannon Beetle.

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=== Firesnout Beetle ===
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Firesnout Beetles are a lithopod encountered in ''Hey! Pikmin''. They resemble Armored Cannon Beetle Larvae, but are much smaller. Their skin is bright orange and they have a brown striped shell with five "vents" near the front. They also only have two pairs of legs. Firesnout Beetles appear in stages based around descending with [[Winged Pikmin]], and serve as obstacles. They reside inside of walls and periodically spew fire directly in front of themselves, so the player must delay Olimar's descent, lest he and his Pikmin get burned. They can be defeated by a single Pikmin being thrown at them, but it is recommended to use [[Red Pikmin]] or wait until they have stopped breathing fire.

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== Greater Lithopod ==
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In the Prima "Field Guide" description and the reel notes for the Armored Cannon Beetle reveals the fact that it evolved from something else: the Greater Lithopod. It apparently has a weaker carapace than the one seen in-game and can only expel fragments of stone instead of the boulders produced by its non-continental descendant.

==Naming==
The family name itself, "lithopod", is derived from the Greek word ''lithos'', meaning stone, and "arthropod", due to their insect-like appearance.

Some members of this family have the words "armored" (or "armoured", in the European version of {{p3}}), "canon", and "beetle" in their name. This is because the adult creature, the Armored Cannon Beetle, has an impenetrable carapace, much like it's wearing armor. Members of this family also shoot projectiles out of their mouth, much like a canon. Finally, the adult creature also resembles a beetle.

These creatures's Japanese names use the words {{j|フタクチドックリ|Futa Kuchi Dokkuri}}, which translates roughly to "Tokkuri Top-Mouth". {{j|フタ|futa}} means "top" or "lid", and {{j|クチ|kuchi}} means "mouth", referring to how they have a blowhole at the top. {{j|ドックリ|dokkuri}} means "{{w|Sake set#Server|tokkuri}}", the name given to the flask used to serve sake from in a sake set, since their mouths look like the openings of those flasks.

The genus name for members of this family is ''Granitus'', which is Latin for "granite", referring to the rocks they shoot.

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