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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Horseshoe Crabs (Merostomata) » Xiphosura » Limulidae » Limulus » Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
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Hope - Limulus polyphemus - male
Copyright © 2011 Stephen Emery Tarcisius Kacir

Hope - Limulus polyphemus - Male
TNC Port Mahon Preserve, Port Mahon, Kent County, Delaware, USA
June 13, 2009
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Contributed by Stephen Emery Tarcisius Kacir on 15 June, 2011 - 9:45pm

Size?
What is the size of this crab?
… Ilze V-G., 7 July, 2012 - 8:25am login or register to post comments

 
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
If I remember correctly, this male was about 20cm long. Adult females are much larger and can reach 60cm in length. Remember, though, horseshoe crabs are not really crabs. They are more closely related to spiders than to true crabs.
… Stephen Emery Tarcisius Kacir, 9 July, 2012 - 1:13pm login or register to post comments

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