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2. 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 ]

3. Xiphosura - Wikipedia

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   Xiphosura (/ z ɪ f oʊ ˈ sj ʊər ə /; [2] from Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos) 'sword' and οὐρά (ourá) 'tail', in reference to its sword-like telson) is an order of arthropods related to arachnids.

4. Atlantic horseshoe crab - Wikipedia

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   Atlantic horseshoe crab on the shore at Brighton Beach, New York City. The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), also known as the American horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab, a kind of marine and brackish chelicerate arthropod. [1] It is found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast of North America. [1]

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

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   With fewer horseshoe crab eggs on beaches, bird species like the endangered red knot populations have declined by 84% since the 1980s.

6. ‘Hauntingly beautiful’ image of horseshoe crab wins Wildlife ...

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   A ‘hauntingly beautiful’ image of horseshoe crab and a beached orca taking its final breaths were among the winning images of the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2023 competition.

7. Tachypleus tridentatus - Wikipedia

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   The tri-spine horseshoe crab is the largest of the living horseshoe crab species. [8] Like the other species, females grow larger than males. The largest females of the tri-spine horseshoe crab can be as much as 79.5 cm (31.3 in) long, including their tail. [9]

8. Mangrove horseshoe crab - Wikipedia

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   The mangrove horseshoe crab is the smallest of the four living species of horseshoe crabs. [5] Like the other species, females grow larger than males. On average in Peninsular Malaysia , females are about 30.5–31.5 cm (12.0–12.4 in) long, including a tail that is about 16.5–19 cm (6.5–7.5 in), and their carapace (prosoma) is about 16 ...

9. 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.