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Bio-Ships

Main article: Bio-ships

Bio-Titans

  • Dominatrix Huge monsters symbiotically fused with a smaller (Warrior-sized) entity which acts as a psychic link to the Norn-Queen aboard her ship.
  • Hydraphant The largest known Tyranid creature capable of planetary deployment. They are even larger than the Hierophant bio-titan.
  • Hierophant These are the equivalent of an Imperial Warlord Battle Titan.
  • Vituperator A huge Tyranid monster capable of flight.

Warmachine Size Creatures

  • Cerebore A massive Tyranid transporter organism.
  • Dactylis Long-range fire-power specialist organism.
  • Exocrine Bred as a long range tank hunter, its two forelimbs are fused together to form a massive cannon-like bio-symbiote weapon.
  • Harridan Large winged creature. It carries Gargoyles into battle.
  • Haruspex A genus of assault spawn intended to rush at the enemy lines.
  • Hierodule The equivalent of a small Imperial Titan.
  • Malefactor One of the general variety of assault creatures. It can carry other broods into battle under its carapace.
  • Malanthrope
  • Trygon Large serpentine organism, comparable in size to an Imperial Baneblade.
  • Viragon A huge tunneling Tyranid which looks like a huge Trygon.

Monstrous Creatures

Medium Size Creatures

Warrior Creatures

Other Medium Size Tyranids

Smaller Size Tyranid Creatures

Tiny Tyranid Creatures

Theorized Tyranid Species

These are creatures that the Magos Biologis believe exist, but for which there is no physical evidence.

  • Norn-Queens are believed to be the mysterious female counterparts to the Hive Tyrants. They lead the Tyranid swarms and direct the evolutionary paths to take. They invariably stay aboard their Hive Ships.


Tyranid Flora and Bio-Structures

Ex-Tyranid Forces

These are species once associated with Tyranids. In game terms they are no longer part of Tyranid armies.

  • Grabber-Slashers11 are destructive warrior assassins that appear to share certain biological traits with Orks. They are very muscular and aggressive creatures, capable of propelling themselves by their tails alone. Uniquely, they contain a type of algae within their blood that allows them to synthesize the genetic material of their victims and use this to mutate their form.
  • Zoat
  • Hunter Slayer (became Termagants)
  • Squig Swarm (became Ripper swarms)
  • Shroud-Spinner11
  • Mind-Slaver11
  • Mind Slave - non-Tyranid creatures controlled by the Hive Mind through the Mind-Slaver.

Tyranid Descendants

These are species that the Magos Biologis believe may be species that evolved from Tyranid that were left behind from failed Tyranid invasions (so called Forgotten Fleets).

Genestealer Cult Forces

These creatures are linked to Genestealer Cult infestations.1

Footnotes

a These species are possibly one-off mutations or an experiment by the Hive Mind that has not been widely utilized.

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