Horta

• Appearance: Non-humanoid
  • Resembles a veined mass of rock (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
• Homeworld: Janus VI
• Biological notes
  • Silicon-based lifeform native to anaerobic environment of Janus VI (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
  • 50,000 year life cycle (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
    • Concluded by single survivor birthing next generation of Horta (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
    • Eggs resemble spherical silicon nodules (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
  • Emits extremely corrosive acid from hide for use in traversing rocky environments (TOS: "The Devil in the Dark")
  • Apparently part of broad silicon-based ecosystem (SCE Short Story: "Ambush")
    • Suggested by mention of "plague" impacting Horta per text