Aculeatus

Aculeatus / アクレアツス
Debut
First appearance	Volume 2, Chapter 10
Status	Deceased
Personal
Race	Admirabilis
Age	Unknown
Family	Ventricosus (older sister) Unseen parents
Professional
Occupation	Unknown
Voice Actors
Japanese	Yuko Sanpei
English	Maggie Flecknoe

Aculeatus (アクレアツス) is the younger brother of Ventricosus, the ruler of the Admirabilis.

Aculeatus was captured by the Lunarians along with his family and comrades. His older sister makes a deal with them in order to free him.

Appearance

He first appears as a giant slug with an equally large club-shaped spiny shell. In this form, he is enormous, larger than the Lunarians and taking up a lot of space on their sunspot platform to the point that his movement tips the entire platform. He is black with many green eyes dotting the length of his body. His face also has two circular green eyes and a small triangular mouth. Phosphophyllite described him as "cute" in this form.

His "true form" is smaller and takes a more humanoid appearance with a paleish grey complexion with sharp, feminine-looking green eyes. Aculeatus has black, fleshy hair styled into a high, large bun with a green, beaded necklace securing it. Aculeatus's body is mostly covered by a black, fleshy material other then his face, he has multiple black scales below his chest, reaching below his thights with black, thigh-high boots ending in two stumps as soon as it reaches his knees. He has multiple long tendrils protruding from this body which are capable of moving and fighting.

Personality

Aculeatus is described as "a good-for-nothing except for eating and fighting" by his sister. He is loyal to his species and was eager to use Phos as bait without much concern in order to rescue his family and friends. Despite that, he obeyed his sister in the end when she refused to use Phos as bait and agreed to offer pieces of his shell to replace Phos' lost legs.

Story

• Prior to the beginning of the story, Aculeatus and the rest of the Admirabilis were taken by the Lunarians as livestock. They were fed with sweet water and sand, making them giant, mindless creatures.
• Ventricosus lured Phos into the sea in order to trade the Gem for her brother. During negotiations on the Lunarian's sunspot platform, Aculaetus smelled food and woke up. He fell into the sea where he was able to regain his true form. He fought off the Lunarians and commended his older sister for rescuing him. He suggested they continue to use Phos as a trading chip but she declined, saying that they would be no better than the Lunarians. He broke off two pieces of his shell for Phos to serve as the material for their new legs and accompanied the Gem back to their sea home along with Ventricosus.
• They are later seen stood next to Ventricosus, waiting to be prayed away as a lunarian with everyone else.

Relationships

Ventricosus is his older sister, who he obeys and has a close relationship with. He considers her the key to being freed from the Lunarians since she was the only one among them who retained their mind.

He is loyal to his comrades, even going as far as sacrificing other species just for them to acquire their freedom as well.

Trivia

• Aculeatus is derived from the Latin word aculeus, meaning prickly, spiked, or barbed.
• Aculeatus is usually used as the species name in the binomial nomenclature, or scientific name, for certain species. Examples include Abdopus acuelatus ( a species of octopus) or Ruscus aculeatus (butcher's broom, a species of shrubby plant). It used in various Kingdoms not limited to sea species.
• Though it was said the Admirabilis were driven mad, Aculeatus remembers clearly what the Lunarians has done and is in a rather sane state similar to his sister.
• His mini slug form resembles a Dumbo octopus.

Gallery

Aculeatus' giant slug form

Aculeatus' true form

Aculeatus' giant slug form
in anime

lunarian form on the right

Reference

Aculeatus with Ventricosus

His mini slug form