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Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus

Photo by pennymomof2
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Description:

Large horseshoe crab. He was dead and someone left him on a picnic bench by the water.

Habitat:

Mangroves along the Gulf of Mexico

Reference Links:

Atlantic horseshoe crab

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PublishedDecember 3, 2011

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