Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), also known as the American horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab, a kind of marine and brackish chelicerate arthropod. It is found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the Atlantic coast of North America. The main area of annual migration is Delaware Bay along the South Jersey Delaware Bayshore.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Atlantic Horseshoe Crab being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Tachypleus gigas
• Tachypleus tridentatus
• Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Merostomata

Order

Xiphosurida

Family

Limulidae

Genus

Limulus

Species

Limulus polyphemus

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