HORSE SHOE CRAB

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HORSE SHOE CRAB
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• Classification Phylum- Arthropod
• Scientific Name Limulus
  polyphemus
• Habitat Atlantic Ocean, Gulf Coast
• Symmetry bilateral
• Cellular Organization multicellular invertebrate
  with exoskeleton and an open circulatory system.
  They have two body parts a cephalothorax and an
  abdomen.
• Reproduction sexual Females deposit eggs in
  sand that are later fertilized by the males
  sperm.
• Method of Obtaining Food Carnivore that eats
  mollusks and segmented worms.
• Special Notes/Adaptations They have 5 pairs of
  book lungs that allow them to breathe underwater.
  They have four compound eyes. Although most
  arthropods have mandibles, horseshoe crabs are
  jawless. They regenerate lost limbs. They are
  closely related to spiders and are known as
  living fossils because they have barely changed
  over the past 350 to 500 million years.