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Limulus polyphemus

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, American Horseshoe Crab

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Containing group: Limuloidea

Other Names for Limulus polyphemus

References

Lavrov, D. V., J. L. Boore, and W. M. Brown. 2000. The complete mitochondrial DNA sequence of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus. Molecular Biology and Evolution 17:813-824.

Shultz, J. W. 2001. Gross muscular anatomy of Limulus polyphemus (Xiphosura, Chelicerata) and its bearing on evolution in the Arachnida. Journal of Arachnology 29:283-303.

Shuster, C. N., Jr., R. B. Barlow, and H. J. Brockmann, eds. 2003. The American Horseshoe Crab. Harvard University Press, Cambridge, MA.

Stanton, J. L., L. L. Daehler, and W. M. Brown. 1997. Mitochondrial gene arrangement of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus L.: Conservation of major features among arthropod classes. Molecular Biology and Evolution 14:867-874.

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Scientific Name Limulus polyphemus
Location Delaware, USA
Creator Robert Pos
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Sex Male
Source WOE243 Horseshoe Crab - male
Source Collection U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Online Digital Media Library
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