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Atlantic Horseshoe Crab - Limulus polyphemus
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Atlantic Horseshoe Crab - Limulus polyphemus
Gulf Shores (Little Lagoon), Baldwin County, Alabama, USA
September 2, 2006

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 January, 2010 - 6:58am
Last updated 7 February, 2013 - 10:24pm

Xiphosurida Limulidae
Xiphosurida Limulidae
… Stephen, 28 August, 2010 - 5:17pm

 
Hmmm
The Atlantic Horseshoe Crab is indeed in the Limulidae family, of the Xiphosurida order. Limulus polyphemus is the only species found in North America.
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 29 August, 2010 - 11:05am

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