Abyssal Lagiacrus Ecology

In-Game Information
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Taxonomy
Lagiacrus Rare Species is a Leviathan, like its white and blue relatives and other monsters such as Uroktor, Agnaktor, its subspecies, Gobul, Ludroth, Royal Ludroth, its subspecies, Nibelsnarf and Kuarusepusu. This Leviathan is rarely seen due to its habit of hunting for prey in the dark depths of the ocean.

Habitat Range
This variant of Lagiacrus is a deepsea dwelling monster. The only known place to encounter this creature is the Underwater Ruin. However since such an area holds little food besides fish the Lagiacrus Rare Species will venture out into the ocean where prey such as Epioth, Sharqs, and many other creatures are found. Just like its two relatives this Lagiacrus will return to land to sunbathe and lay eggs but is rarely seen doing so. It is unknown if the Lagiacrus Rare Species like its two relatives will travel to the Flooded Forest although it is highly likely as it is with its large size, strength, and powerful electrical attacks even more powerful than its relatives and would with no doubt be an apex predator in said habitat. Also by being such powerful swimmers Lagiacrus Rare Species and its two relatives are highly capable of traveling to areas not of their homeland such as the Old Jungle, Jungle, and Tide Island.

Ecological Niche
With its large size and strength added with extremely powerful electric attacks the Lagiacrus Rare Species is with no doubt an apex predator. The only other creatures seen inhabiting the Underwater Ruin with this Leviathan are Ceadeus and its subspecies but intense competition may occur if the two were to meet. The Lagiacrus is greatly smaller and most likely less powerful than the Ceadei, but it has much stronger, more damaging attacks (such as the wide range lightning charge) and has a much greater speed advantage so a battle between the two may occur. Due to the lack of food in the Underwater Ruin the Lagiacrus Rare Species will travel out into the ocean where they can unleash deadly ambush attacks through their dark coloration on creatures such as Epioth, Sharqs, Ludroth, and even Royal Ludroth from below. Other predators such as Plesioth and its subspecies will avoid the Leviathan at all cost due to the Piscine Wyvern's major weakness against the Leviathan's electrical attacks and if struck with a powerful enough charge could leave the creatures mortally wounded or paralyzed. It is possible that the Lagiacrus Rare Species travels to the Flooded Forest where they along with their relatives establish themselves as apex predators where they can prey on Aptonoth, Zuwaroposu, Dosufurogi, Bulldrome, and even Arzuros. Gobul will also avoid it along with its relatives at all costs as well due to being vunerable to electrical attacks. However in the Flooded Forest these creatures would come into contact with other large predators such as Nargacuga and its subspecies, Rathian, and the voracious Deviljho. But due to these creatures vunerability against electricity the powerful Leviathans most likely win such violent encounters.

Biological Adaptation
The Lagiacrus Rare Species as it lives in the depths that only Ceadei can reach which means it has stronger lungs and harder shells than other Lagiacrus variants in order to survive the extreme pressure. It has more advanced electricity power compared to its cousins for unknown reasons. The dark coloration of its body is possibly caused by prolonged time spent underwater as this would also aid the creatures in launching deadly ambush attacks on prey. When diving down to deep depths the spikes on this Leviathan's body glow bright blue as a form of bioluminescence that can attract inquisitive prey to the Leviathan's jaws.