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Limulus Polyphemus
Marine arthropods. Because of their origin 450 million years ago, they are considered living fossils.
Primarily in and around shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. They occasionally come to shore to mate.
Several horseshoe crabs were on this beach matting.
Spotted on Jun 12, 2014
Submitted on Jun 17, 2014
2 Comments
Hi Lauren, thanks!
I unfortunately didn't get any pictures of them mating, but a lot of them were!
Great picture! Did you happen to get any pictures of them mating?