Horseshoe crab male pedipalp
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Description: I took this picture myself in May 2003, on the Delaware Bay beach west of Lewes, Delaware. It shows how the first pedipalp of the male horseshoe crab is adapted to grasp the female during reproduction. Date: 15 May 2003 (according to Exif data). Source: No machine-readable source provided. Own work assumed (based on copyright claims). Author: No machine-readable author provided. MauriceJFox3 assumed (based on copyright claims).
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- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Chelicerata (chelicerates)
- Merostomata (Merostomes)
- Xiphosurida (horseshoe crabs and relatives)
- Limulina
- Limulidae (horseshoe crabs)
- Limulus
- Limulus polyphemus (American Horseshoe Crab)
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