Editing Lithopod family

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The '''lithopod family''' ({{j|イシツツミ科|Ishi tsutsumi ka|Stone wrapper family}}) is a family of [[Enemy|enemies]] that exists in all four mainline [[Pikmin series|''Pikmin'' games]], as well as ''[[Hey! Pikmin]]''. Members of this family have the ability to suck in air and spit out rocks. Members belong to the ''Granitus'' and the ''Granignis'' genera.

 

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.

[[File:Arctic Cannon Larva P4 icon.png|left|150px]]

Scientific name: ''Granitus frostitum'' (larva)

The Arctic Cannon Larva is a variety of lithopod that appear in {{p3}} and {{p4}}. 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 Larva|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.

[[File:Armored Cannon Beetle.png|left|150px]]

 

The Armored Cannon Beetle is the mature specimen of an Armored Cannon Beetle Larva. It is seen in {{p1}}. 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.

=== Armored Cannon Larva ===

[[File:Pikmin Garden Armored Cannon Larva render.png|left|150x150px]]

 

Scientific name: ''Granitus chukkulinae'' (larva)

 

Armored Cannon Larvae are enemies in {{p2}}, {{p3}}, and {{p4}}. 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.

[[File:Decorated Cannon Beetle P2S icon.png|left|150px]]

 

 

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 a magnetic substance 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.

 

 

 

 

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.

Some members of this family have the words "armored" (or "armoured", in the European version of {{p3}}), "cannon", 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 cannon. Finally, the adult creature also resembles a beetle.

 

 

 

 

 

In the Japanese versions, the Armored Cannon Beetle and Horned Cannon Beetle are the same creature, as they share the same Japanese name. They have different common names, however. The Armored Cannon Beetle Larva is instead the larva of a different otherwise unseen species, the territory of which the Armored Cannon Beetle/Horned Cannon Beetle is invading and endangering it.

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{{foreignname

|Jap  = イシツツミ科

|JapR = Ishi tsutsumi ka

|FraN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"litho"'' (stone) and ''"phage"'' (eat)

|Ger  = Lithopoden

|GerM =

|PorN = The name is a portmanteau of ''"comer"'' (to eat), ''"lito"'' (Greek litho; stone) and the suffix "''-ídeos''" ({{w|Family_(biology)#Nomenclature|-idae}}), which is used for naming animal family names

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