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Category:Limule

Limule

An airborne crustacean endemic to Abyssea, endowed with a robust carapace and elongated forelimbs wherefrom razor-sharp pincers reach rapaciously for prey. Bereft of a counterpart in Vana'diel, biologists theorize that these shelled hoverers have undergone evolution in dimensional isolation. They have emerged as a pervasive species following the great cataclysm that befell the land.

Family Information

Type:	Vorageans
Common Behavior:	A, H (20:00 to 4:00 only)
Weak against:
Strong against:
Common Job(s):	Black Mage, White Mage, Red Mage
Charmable:	✗
Pankration:	✗
Aspir:	✓
Drain:	✓

Special Attacks

Special Abilities	Vision of Abyssea Areas
Blazing Bound: Deals Area-of-Effect fire damage + Burn. Ignores Utsusemi.	✓
Molting Burst: Deals damage, drains HP and transfers user's enfeeble effects to its target. Ignores Utsusemi. (Only used by light-element Ephemeral Limules and Vetehinen.)	✓

Notorious Monsters in Family

Name	Spawn Information	Level	Zone	Notable Drop(s)
Vetehinen	Forced spawn by trading High-quality Limule Pincer to the ??? at (H-10)	❔	Abyssea - Tahrongi	Bifrost Ring Shriveled Pincer
Quest NMs: None Mission NMs: None Battlefield NMs: None

Monsters in Family

Name	Level	Zone
Ephemeral Limule	74 - 76	Abyssea - La Theine
	74 - 80	Abyssea - Konschtat
	❔	Abyssea - Tahrongi
Gulch Limule	76 - 84+	Abyssea - Tahrongi
Sods Limule	76 - 84+	Abyssea - Konschtat
Gigadaphnia	76 - 84+	Abyssea - La Theine
Arid Limule	❔	Abyssea - Altepa
Stream Limule	❔	Abyssea - Grauberg
Crag Limule	❔	Abyssea - Uleguerand
Eschan Limule	115 - 119	Abyssea - La Theine

Historical Background

Limulidae is the taxonomic family for horseshoe crabs. It contains the 4 living species of horseshoe crabs. Horseshoe crabs are arthropods with large carapaces covering the entire top side of their body. They are not crabs despite the name, having a lineage closer to arachnids and extinct sea scorpions (subphylum Chelicerata) instead of crabs (subphylum Crustacea). They reside in the shallow waters of temperate oceans and seas, occasionally coming on shore. They are considered living fossils.

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Source entry: Category:Limule. Cached on this server on 4 November 2026.