horseshoe crab in English

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a large marine arthropod with a domed horseshoe-shaped shell, a long tail-spine, and ten legs, little changed since the Devonian.
Many arthropods are also present including the horseshoe crab Mesolimulus and the crayfish Mecochirus.
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1. 28 The living horseshoe crab, Limulus; compare with Fig.

2. Michael Anissimov Date: February 08, 2021 A horseshoe crab, a type of Chelicerate.

3. The Aortae of the horseshoe crab and whelk, if performing this function, have much higher energy losses, up to more than 30% per cycle

4. Chelicera: Either of the first pair of fanglike appendages near the mouth of an arachnid or a horseshoe crab, often modified for grasping and piercing.

5. The microscopy studies of the Aortae of the lobster, horseshoe crab and whelk revealed tissue structures which differ widely from each other as well as from the structures of the lamprey and hagfish.