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Author : Carl N. Shuster, H. Jane Brockmann

Date : 2004-03-15

Page : 484

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Atlantic horseshoe crab Wikipedia ~ The Atlantic horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus also known as the American horseshoe crab is a species of marine and brackish chelicerate arthropod Despite their name horseshoe crabs are more closely related to spiders ticks and scorpions than to crabs This species is found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast of North America

American Horseshoe Crab Oceana ~ The American horseshoe crab’s vision system has been the subject of a huge amount of physiological research Unlike in mammals and most animals the American horseshoe crab’s blood is not ironbased and is instead full of copper compounds Therefore rather than being red American horseshoe crabs have blue blood

The American Horseshoe Crab 9780674011595 ~ The American horseshoe crab that comes ashore on the East Coast in vast numbers to mate and nest is much the same creature that haunted the coast before the time of the dinosaurs It is among the worlds most intensely studied marine invertebrates critical to our understanding of many groups of organisms both modern and extinct and crucial to the ecology of large estuaries such as the Delaware Bay

The American Horseshoe Crab — Carl N Shuster Jr H ~ Carl N Shuster Jr H Jane Brockmann and Robert B Barlow are at the forefront of research on Limulus polyphemus and in this book they bring together twenty scientists who have worked on all aspects of horseshoe crab biology to compile the first fully detailed comprehensive view of the species An indispensable resource the volume describes the horseshoe crabs behavior natural history

American horseshoe crab chelicerate Britannica ~ horseshoe crab In horseshoe crab Natural history …is the single American species Limulus polyphemus specimens of which can reach a length of more than 60 cm 2 feet though males and females typically average lengths of 366–381 cm 14–15 inches and 457–483 cm 18–19 inches respectively

horseshoe crab Blood Facts Britannica ~ The American horseshoe crab is harvested by the commercial fishing industry for use as bait to capture American eels Anguilla rostrata which in turn are used as bait for striped bass Morone saxatilis and whelks

Horseshoe Crab National Wildlife Federation ~ The horseshoe crab species found around the United States Limulus polyphemus lives in the Atlantic Ocean along the North American coastline Horseshoe crabs can also be seen along the East and Gulf coasts of the United States and Mexico

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Facts Pictures Video InDepth ~ Atlantic horseshoe crab also known as the American horseshoe crab Scientific name Limulus polyphemus Found on the American Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico IndoPacific horseshoe crab also known as the Indonesian Indian or southern horseshoe crab

Horseshoe crab Wikipedia ~ Limulus polyphemus the Atlantic or American horseshoe crab found along the American Atlantic coast and in the Gulf of Mexico Tachypleus gigas the IndoPacific Indonesian Indian or southern horseshoe crab found in South and Southeast Asia Tachypleus tridentatus the Chinese Japanese or trispine horseshoe crab found in Southeast and East Asia