Phazon Metroid

The Phazon Metroid is similar in appearance Metroids, the only differences being that they are split down the middle by a membrane and their larger tallons are sharper and stick out more. Phazon Metroids are only featured in Metroid Prime 3: Corruption. If one latches onto Samus, she must go in Morph Ball form and lay a Bomb to get it off. She can also use the Hyper Ball against one as well. Unlike normal Metroids, Phazon Metroids can actually carry Samus' Morph Ball into the air. In addition to their other abilities, they can also temporarily warp out of local spacetime, making them intangible. They'll often do this to avoid being frozen by an Ice Missile, since they share the Metroids' weakness to cold. Their membranes have properties similar to Phazite, and cover a weak point that can be targeted with the X-Ray Visor and destroyed with the Nova Beam for a quick kill. Also they can surprisingly fire a bolt of phazon energy that looks like a bolt of electricity to engage foes at a distance, this makes them very dangerous opponents even for those with freezing weapons.

The Phazon Metroids appear also on the Metroid Hatcher fights, which are located on the GFS Valhalla in the Aurora Chamber, at Norion in Generator B and the last one is at the Pirate Homeworld in the Metroid Creche. The order you battle these in is : The one in the Metroid Creche comes first, this can not be skipped, second is the in the GFS Valhalla and the third is the at Norion. The last two can be turned around by the way of visiting these planets.