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

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Contributed by Robert Lord Zimlich on 4 January, 2010 - 6:58am

Neat!
Neat photos, I didn't know this was in Alabama. I thought this was an Atlantic Coast species. I remember seeing them at the beach when I grew up in Virginia. I haven't seen one in decades.
… Tim Martin, 10 October, 2013 - 1:37pm

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