Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
Description:
Category hierarchy: Biomes | Water & Wetlands | Oceans
Description: A complete shell of a horseshoe crab lies in the tidal line on a beach among dried seaweeds.
Capture device: Camera: Canon EOS D30 SLR digital
Capture details: Lens: Canon compact macro 50 mm
Locality: Latitude: 2.363450000000000e+001; Longitude: -1.025530000000000e+002
Included On The Following Pages:
- Life (creatures)
- Cellular (cellular organisms)
- Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
- Opisthokonta (opisthokonts)
- Metazoa (Animal)
- Bilateria
- Protostomia (protostomes)
- Ecdysozoa (ecdysozoans)
- Arthropoda (arthropods)
- Chelicerata (chelicerates)
- Xiphosurida (horseshoe crabs and relatives)
- Limulina
- Limulidae (horseshoe crabs)
- Limulus
- Limulus polyphemus (American Horseshoe Crab)
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