Magslug

The Magslug (pronounced /mæɡslʌɡ/, latin catardus inhaesis), known as Ganta by their planet's ruling species, were a medium-sized gastropod native to the planet of Effluo. They are incredibly heat resistant, but consequently have an incredibly high body heat and can freeze to death at temperatures as high as 300ºC. Thusly, they live in clusters of up to 30 individuals in the lower levels of volcanoes and magma fissures. They possess millions of tiny feet on the edge of their oval-shaped body that are incredibly sticky, allowing them to cling to walls even upside down despite their bloated bulk. The maximum observed size of a Magslug was "about a metre long and half a metre wide".

Generally lazy and otherwise unremarkable (and therefore understudied) creatures, Magslugs tend to cling to the same patch of rock face most of their lifespan, which is roughly 3 standard years. Red, fluorescent egg-sacs have been observed stuck to magma fissures on Effluo, which probably belong to the Magslugs. Males can be discerned from females by the males' superior size and the bright yellow ridges along their back, which seem exoskeletal but are infact just erect folds of coloured skin.

They provide some of the standard foods for the /Keidz/ and other species on Effluo. Supposedly, they taste "Fiery and fatty" as quoted by a Keidz. "Fiery" can probably be equated to spicy. They have also became a derogative metaphor to the Keidz, who name sluggish individuals Ganta.