Classification
KINGDOM- ANIMALIA PHYLUM-ARTHROPODA CLASS-MEROSTOMATA ORDER-XIPHOSURA FAMILY-LIMULIDAE GENUS- Carcinoscorpius SPECIES- rotundicauda |
Morphology
The Mangrove Horseshoe Crab has a body divided into three different pieces; the prosoma, the opisthosoma and the telson. The Mangrove Horseshoe Crab has bilateral symmetry. |
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The Mangrove Horseshoe crab is found in the West Pacific Region. It is found in countries like India, Malaysia, Thailand, Hong Kong Indonesia, the Philippines, and Singapore.
Facts
- The Mangrove Horseshoe Crab is called the "living fossil" because it has been on Earth 20 million years before dinosaurs.
- These crabs are more related to spiders and scorpions than to an actual crab.
- Mangrove Horseshoe crabs swim upside down.
- The Mangrove Horseshoe crab has blue blood.
- The Mangrove Horseshoe crab has ten eyes.
The Mangrove Horseshoe Crab is very helpful in the use of medicine. The crabs have a special protein in their blood that can help identify any impurities in medications.
Horseshoe crabs have lived for many years, one of the many reasons is their adaptions for survival. Horseshoe crabs are able to survive for many reasons, one is their vision and another is their carapace. They have ten eyes, scientists believe they help to synchronize with the lunar cycle. The Mangrove Horseshoe Crab has also survived because of its strong carapace. The carapace protects the horseshoe crab from most predators.
Horseshoe crabs have lived for many years, one of the many reasons is their adaptions for survival. Horseshoe crabs are able to survive for many reasons, one is their vision and another is their carapace. They have ten eyes, scientists believe they help to synchronize with the lunar cycle. The Mangrove Horseshoe Crab has also survived because of its strong carapace. The carapace protects the horseshoe crab from most predators.
Vocabulary
- Morphology-the branch of biology that deals with the form of living organisms, and with relationships between their structures.
- Bilateral symmetry- the property of being divisible into symmetrical halves on either side of a unique plane.
- Prosoma-the anterior region of the body of an invertebrate (as an arachnid) especially when the segmentation is suppressed or obscured; especially : cephalothorax.
- Opisthosoma- the posterior part of the body in some arthropods, behind the prosoma (cephalothorax). It is a distinctive feature of the subphylum Chelicerata (arachnids, horseshoe crabs and others).
- Telson -the posterior-most division of the body of an arthropod. It is not considered a true segment because it does not arise in the embryo from teloblast areas as do real segments. It never carries any appendages, but a forked "tail" called the caudal furca may be present.
http://marinebio.org/species.asp?id=281 Marine Bio
http://taxo4254.wikispaces.com/Carcinoscorpius+rotundicauda Horseshoe Crab
http://mangrove.nus.edu.sg/guidebooks/text/2076.htm Mangrove Horseshoe Crab
http://animals.mom.me/horseshoe-crab-adaptations-helped-survive-7795.html Horseshoe Crab Adaptions That Have Helped Them Survive