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:Through extensive examination of the data crypts I have identified three core sub-variants of the Carnifex genusin Hive Fleet Dagon that appear to be stable enough to warrant examination.

:Carnifex Vorantii: Commonly called the “Thornback,” these creatures are living batteries of symbiote weaponryequipped with short to medium range ballistic parasites and living bomb projectors. Several of the intimidatinglookingthorns on this subspecies are in fact sensory organs for sniffing out prey. They are murderous infantry huntersthat seem to take pleasure in rooting out hiding men. Despite its lack of specialized melee limbs the Thornback isextremely dangerous at close quarters, where its speed and bulk allow it to easily impale incautious enemies.

:Carnifex Arbylis: A sub-classification of extreme Carnifex variants that meld both pairs of upper limbs into complexranged weapon symbiotes. Most common of these is the “Venomspitter” Carnifex, a beast capable of launching hypervelocityhyper velocity crystalline shards of pure poison that can knock out a tank or easily kill a warrior in power armour. CarnifexArbylis generally have improved ocular acuity Acuity and excellent depth perception from multiple eyes, although specimensemploying a kind of stereoscopic echo-location have also been found on night worlds.

:Carnifex Bilius: Commonly called “Bile-beasts,” these creatures have been converted into walking biologicalweapons factories. Their carapaces are pitted with bubbling spore cysts and their guts writhe with lethal pathogensand molecular acids that gout from dorsal vents. The combined attack of necrotizing spores and acids used bythese beasts will fatally overwhelm most bio-chem defences in moments; more resistant enemies are crushed by thecreatures’ crab-like claws and digested by its drooling, acidic maw."