Description
This is a lovely horse shoe crab specimen that has been mounted in a glass dome. The dome is 5 1/2 inches wide by 13 inches tall. The horse shoe crab is approximately 4 1/2 inches wide by 10 inches tall.
Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the family Limulidae. Their popular name is a misnomer, as they are not true crabs, which are crustaceans.
Horseshoe crabs live primarily in and around shallow coastal waters on soft, sandy or muddy bottoms.
Given their origin 450 million years ago, horseshoe crabs are considered living fossils.
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