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2. Chelicerae - Wikipedia

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   The jumping spider Phidippus audax.The basal parts of the chelicerae are the two iridescent green mouthparts. The chelicerae (/ k ə ˈ l ɪ s ər iː /) are the mouthparts of the subphylum Chelicerata, an arthropod group that includes arachnids, horseshoe crabs, and sea spiders.

3. Horseshoe crab - Wikipedia

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   The smallest species is the mangrove horseshoe crab (C. rotundicauda) and the largest is the tri-spine horseshoe crab (T. tridentatus). [ 44 ] On average, males of C. rotundicauda are about 30 centimeters (12 inches) long, including a telson that is about 15 cm (6 in), and a carapace about 15 cm (6 in) wide. [ 45 ]

4. Arthropod mouthparts - Wikipedia

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   For example, in horseshoe crabs, they are like pincers, whereas in spiders, they are hollow and contain (or are connected to) venom glands and are used to inject venom to disable prey prior to feeding. In some spiders, the chelicerae have teeth, which are used to macerate prey items to assist digestion by secreted enzymes.

5. Horseshoe crabs get reprieve from harvesting, but does it go ...

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   Leading scientists also have denounced the commission’s computer model, which recommends harvesting 175,000 female horseshoe crabs and 500,000 male horseshoe crabs for bait annually.

6. Chelicerata - Wikipedia

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   Horseshoe crab blood contains a clotting agent, limulus amebocyte lysate, which is used to test antibiotics and kidney machines to ensure that they are free of dangerous bacteria, and to detect spinal meningitis and some cancers. [93] Cooked tarantula spiders are considered a delicacy in Cambodia, [94] and by the Piaroa Indians of southern ...

7. Harvest of horseshoe crabs, needed for blue blood, stopped ...

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   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a ruling on Monday that calls for the end of horseshoe crab harvesting in Cape Romain National Wildlife Refuge in South Carolina from March 15 to July 15.

8. Merostomata - Wikipedia

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   Merostomata is a class of chelicerate arthropods that contains the extinct Eurypterida (sea scorpions) and the extant Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs). The term was originally used by James Dwight Dana to refer to Xiphosura only, but was emended by Henry Woodward to cover both groups.

9. Massachusetts moves to protect horseshoe crabs during ... - AOL

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   Horseshoe crabs predate the dinosaurs, having inhabited ocean environments for more than 400 years, but their populations have been depleted for decades due to harvest in part for bait to catch ...