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Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs
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Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs

Limulus

Limulus is a genus of horseshoe crab, with one extant species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). One fossil species is currently assigned to the genus though several other species have been named, which have since been assigned to other genera.

Currently valid species include:

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1 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 1 known species

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

speciesLimulus polyphemus

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Atlantic Horseshoe Crabs in Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr — Deliciae naturae selectae (1771)

Georg Wolfgang Knorr · 1771 · p.228

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