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Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus

Photo by LivanEscudero
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

Sea floor, beaches, shallow salt water marshes, coastal mangrove.

Notes:

Couldn't get close for better pics because it was in a bird nesting protected are roped off from the beach. There were also some empty carapaces from molts strewn about.

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PublishedMarch 31, 2013

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