Editing Xenomorph (section)

====Deacon====
The dark-blue Deacon is a different species that makes an appearance in ''[[Prometheus (2012 film)|Prometheus]]'', though it clearly shares traits similar to the xenomorph, including a similar life-cycle. The Deacon is the result of a "Trilobite" (which takes its name from [[trilobites|a group of extinct marine arthropods]]), a large facehugger-like creature, attacking and impregnating an Engineer. After some time spent gestating, it will burst out of its host, with the notable difference that it is "born" almost fully developed. The Deacon's emergence drew inspiration from the birth of [[foal]]s, with the iridescent appearance for its skin being based on the equine placenta,<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Hart |first=Hugh |title=Origin of the Creepy Species, Prometheus-Style |url=https://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/06/prometheus-the-art-of-the-film/ |magazine=Wired |date=June 15, 2012 |access-date=June 16, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120618022839/http://www.wired.com/underwire/2012/06/prometheus-the-art-of-the-film |archive-date=June 18, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> and the protruding jaw inspired by the [[goblin shark]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://io9.com/5917639/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-design-of-prometheus |title=10 Things You Didn't Know About the Making of Prometheus |author=Anders, Charlie Jane |work=[[io9]] |date=June 12, 2012 |access-date=June 13, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120616020809/http://io9.com/5917639/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-the-design-of-prometheus |archive-date=June 16, 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Its fate is unknown, though the tie-in comic book ''Prometheus: Fire and Stone'', also set on LV-223, features a mutated mountain with acidic veins which are implied to be the heavily mutated Deacon's deadly back spines.