Not true, Mirelurk Kings are actually mutated snapping turtles, they share a relationship with the mirelurks, which is why they have the name.
Well, they are the kings of things that lurk in the murk, err, mire. So it does make sense. Yes, they seemed to me at first sight like 50s horror flick versions of the good old TMNT, somewhat a mix of those and the Creature from the Black Lagoon. ^_^
So that just leaves one question: Why do they live together with mutated crab-people? Do they share some kind of common underwhater language (Whale?
), or are they just the masters of the normal Mirelurk since they are much more intelligent, like early man teaching wolf cubs to obey them?