Scutterworm

Scutterworms, also know as species X84-B, are a species which possesses the hyperseeder trait found on Planet X that resemble giant gastropods found on Earth.

Scutterworms were named by Captain Sarah Burke after copulation with one during her time with the HGGP resulted in Sarah successfully giving birth to twin First Generation Human-Xeno hybrids.

The scutterworm is a large, translucent creature roughly the size of a camel. Its skin constantly secretes a sweet, sticky mucus to keep the creature's body from drying out. Scutterworms possess six small compound eyes located on the front of their heads, which they use to form images and sense light. They possess a circular oral cavity which is covered by fleshy segmented folds that move outward and back when the creature wishes to extend its long, tube like tongue.

The scutterworm possesses no skeletal structure of any kind, which gives the creature the ability to squeeze into places another creature of comparable size would not, as its body is highly malleable. This body structure also aids the creature with its hyperseeder trait, as it allows the creature to partake in sexual intercourse with other, smaller creatures that would not be able to normally accommodate a male sexual organ of its massive size.

The only part of the creature which has a set form is its legs. The scutterworm has two rows of segmented insect like legs on its underside. Each leg is segmented into three sections, and this mobility allows the scutterworm to move deceptively fast when it wishes to.

Research of the twin Human-Scutterworm hybrids born to Captain Burke showed that some as of yet unknown aspect of the integrated human genome causes the creatures' sexual maturity to be greatly hastened. The twin hybrids reached maturity in only ten terran months, where it has been well documented pure xeno scutterworms take an average of twelve to fifteen years to reach sexual adulthood.