Horseshoe crabs are marine arthropods that live primarily in and around shallow ocean waters on soft sandy or muddy bottoms. They occasionally come onto shore to mate. They are commonly used as ...

The city-run Kasaoka Horseshoe Crab Museum is housed in a building modeled after the brackish water arthropod. According to curator Kojiro Azumakawa, the horseshoe crab has a bowl-shaped smooth ...

The Atlantic horseshoe crab is a protected species and a longtime contributor to biomedical research. The arthropod’s milky-blue blood is revered by medical researchers because it is the only known ...

The golden marine arthropod is seen hugging the bottom ... it all together and we couldn't pass it up." The tri-spine horseshoe crab has survived for more than 100 million years but now faces ...

Spiders, crabs, and other arthropods evolved from a group of animals that underwent a burst of diversity around 500 million ...

Horseshoe crabs have saved countless human lives, and now we should return the favor.” Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their ...

- large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood louse ...

Horseshoe crabs are brown, body-armored arthropods with 10 eyes and a long, spiked tail. Despite their intimidating appearance, they are completely harmless to humans. Each spring along the Atlantic ...

The new species, which is distantly related to arachnids such as scorpions and horseshoe crabs, was found by a research team lead by the University of Oxford. It belongs to an arthropods group ...