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Limulus polyphemus
Salt Water
Even though it looks crab-like, with a hard shell and claws, the horseshoe crab is more closely related to scorpions and spiders than to crabs.
Spotted on Jun 5, 2013
Submitted on Jun 28, 2013
3 Comments
Should be in the arthropod category.
I love how completely prehistoric these guys are.
Limulus polyphemus