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Horseshoe crab

Photo by bio10218
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Field Notes

Description:

Horseshoe crab are marine arthropods that resembles crustaceans and are considered living fossils.

Habitat:

Horseshoe crabs live around the soft sandy bottom of shallow ocean waters.

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PublishedAugust 26, 2013

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