Melfan

The Melfans were a sentient species from the planet Melf IV, and one of the most common species in Sector Twelve General Hospital. Their physiological classification was ELNT.

Overall, Melfans resembled six-foot-long Earth crabs. Compared to most other races, they were very emotional and passionate, and, like the majority of sentient species, wore no clothing or other body ornaments.

Requirements
Melfans were amphibious, being comfortable in water as well as on land. They ate every ten hours, and slept for four hours in between. Their favourite dishes included swamp nuts and live crottled greeps.

Physiology
The Melfan head had large, vertically lidded eyes, enormous mandibles, and pincers projecting forward from the place where ears would otherwise have been. There were also two long, thin, fragile, flexible feelers growing from the sides of the mouth, which felt like soft, furry feathers to the touch.

When angry they click their pincers together rapidly; a slow clicking indicated a desire for attention. Projecting from slits where the bony carapace and underside joined were six thin, bony, tubular, multijointed limbs, all of which were capable of manipulation but lacked a sense of touch.

Like the Tralthans, Melfans were immobilised if they were turned onto their backs.

Known Melfans

 * Edalnet