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The final set of "Shroobified enemies" are unusual, and possibly even debateable.

The "Shroob Chomp" is not a fightable enemy but rather part of an attack by the final boss. The name Shroob Chomp is not even official, it is unnamed in-game. It would otherwise be another basic recolour enemy but I added a little something myself. Inspired by the "Chain Chawful" in the following game, it has a parasitic mushroom to its head as another alien trope that could be used as a method of Shroobifying Mushroom Kingdom residents.

The main focus of this entry though is the Piranha Planet. After a slightly lacklustre middle act, I was pleasantly surprised to meet this guy in the Star Shrine! It doesn't display any obvious Shroob details and is another space variant like Lakitufo so you could argue it isn't technically part of the Shroob army. And you might be right, but I think it would be very unusual for this to be the single solitary space themed enemy who isn't affiliated with them.
Consider that regular Piranha Plants are not direct employees of Bowser, but are certainly associated with him.

I take a certain amount of pride in my character designs but if you told me to create a space themed Piranha Plant, never in a million years would I come up with something so brilliant. I didn't even do this one proper justice because there aren't enough pipes there.
A sphere built entirely out of tiny green pipes filled with what we can assume is a colony of diminutive Piranha Plants who wear space helmets and carry laser guns. Amazing!

And check this out: In Japan they are called "Visitor Pakkun," so incredibly this joke works even better in English! Hats off to the localisers for adding one extra letter!

Description
The final set of "Shroobified enemies" are unusual, and possibly even debateable.

The "Shroob Chomp" is not a fightable enemy but rather part of an attack by the final boss. The name Shroob Chomp is not even official, it is unnamed in-game. It would otherwise be another basic recolour enemy but I added a little something myself. Inspired by the "Chain Chawful" in the following game, it has a parasitic mushroom to its head as another alien trope that could be used as a method of Shroobifying Mushroom Kingdom residents.

The main focus of this entry though is the Piranha Planet. After a slightly lacklustre middle act, I was pleasantly surprised to meet this guy in the Star Shrine! It doesn't display any obvious Shroob details and is another space variant like Lakitufo so you could argue it isn't technically part of the Shroob army. And you might be right, but I think it would be very unusual for this to be the single solitary space themed enemy who isn't affiliated with them.
Consider that regular Piranha Plants are not direct employees of Bowser, but are certainly associated with him.

I take a certain amount of pride in my character designs but if you told me to create a space themed Piranha Plant, never in a million years would I come up with something so brilliant. I didn't even do this one proper justice because there aren't enough pipes there.
A sphere built entirely out of tiny green pipes filled with what we can assume is a colony of diminutive Piranha Plants who wear space helmets and carry laser guns. Amazing!

And check this out: In Japan they are called "Visitor Pakkun," so incredibly this joke works even better in English! Hats off to the localisers for adding one extra letter!