Horseshoe crab

Horseshoe crabs are the closest living relatives of the extinct trilobites, and are more closely related to spiders than they are to crabs. Unusually, their blood is bright blue and it has properties that are very useful to the medical sector.

Object Summary

Accession Loan No.
326/2007/2
Category
Natural History
Collection Class
Arthropods
Common Name
horseshoe crab
Simple Name
crustacean: crab

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LIMULIDAE: Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758): Atlantic horseshoe crab