Onionshell family

The onionshell family consists of crab-like creatures that often have asymmetrical claws and have bodies resembling members of the real-world  genus.

Acidic Aristocrab
The Acidic Aristocrab is a member of the onionshell family. It is found in the Frosted Mountains and the Cavern of the Unknown. Underground, it appears in the Green Onion Hole and Sandy Citadel.

Arctic Aristocrab
It resembles a light blue version of a Peckish Aristocrab, with fur on its large claw. The Arctic Aristocrab adapted to life in the cold. During the boss fight, it will occasionally throw snowballs at leaders and Pikmin, crushing anything underneath them. If Pikmin get too close, it will try to slam Pikmin with its larger, fur-covered claw.

Peckish Aristocrab


The Peckish Aristocrab is a crab-like enemy. Its overall appearance resembles a green and purple bulb of garlic with 4 legs coming from underneath, and two claws on each of its sides, one of them being extremely small, while the other is much larger with transparent pincers. It has two round yellow spots on its cheeks, which look like eyes, while its real eyes rest on stalks that protrude out from the top of its head. It has a large mouth with a serrated lower jaw and long purple tongue. The creature mainly rests in a motionless position, clacking its large pincer, but can detect from afar the presence of leaders and Pikmin, and it will quickly scuttle sideways onto their path when they enter the area, circling them in order to get in their way.

Strong Aristocrab


The Strong Aristocrab is a onionshell that strongly resembles the Peckish Aristocrab but is slightly smaller in size and differs greatly in color, although the two species share many behavioral characteristics.

Teardrop Aristocrab
The Teardrop Aristocrab is quite an unusual species of Onionshell. It has two arms, one with a claw for grabbing, and one with no claw for crushing. The crushing arm is shaped like a Prince Rupert's Drop (Though in universe nobody knows this), significantly increasing it's durability, making it so that the only way to destroy it is to throw a Rock Pikmin at the very location where it joins to the body.