Record OB-039 · Formae Obscurae

Blood Carapace Mantis

Mantis crustata

Archive note: once Blood Carapace Mantis receives a name, it has already left a trace in the dark part of the world.

State · Devouring Depth · −406m License · Authorized

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Baiye Xiao · Blood Carapace Mantis (Mantis crustata) · Formae Obscurae

Original Art · ORIGINAL ART · FIG. 39

Dossier

Morphology

MORPHOLOGY · MO-39

Blood Carapace Mantis is filed in Formae Obscurae as a devouring specimen at discovery depth −406m, classified under Arthropods. The plate should be read as the primary record for silhouette, surface language, and appendage structure.

Behavior

BEHAVIOR · BH-39

Blood Carapace Mantis is treated as devouring in the archive. Light, gaze, heat, and sound responses are prioritized during approach.

III

Sightings

SIGHTINGS · SG-39

Blood Carapace Mantis sightings are consolidated under the Formae Obscurae archive and indexed by depth for cross-reference.

Myth · MYTH · MY-39

Archive note: once Blood Carapace Mantis receives a name, it has already left a trace in the dark part of the world.

Notae ex archivo — archive notes are not always truth.

Taxon

Obscure Form Order · Arthropods

Canon

State index

4 / 5 · Devouring

Render

Concept sheet · DIGITAL

Habitat / HABITAT Filed within Formae Obscurae; observed around discovery depth −406m.

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