horseshoe_crab

📅 Updated:2022-08-23

🕒 Created:2022-08-23

🆔 ID:44485

Description

Horseshoe crabs are marine arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only living members of the order Xiphosura.

Despite their name, they are not true crabs or crustaceans; they are chelicerates, most closely related to arachnids, such as spiders and scorpions.