classification: Merostomata

  • card-name-3487

    Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

    Limulus polyphemus
    6 omnivore3
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    6 POINTS

    • Limulus polyphemus has a MOVE of 2.

    • Limulus polyphemus must be played next to at least one LAND TERRAIN neighbour.

    Cool, Warm
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    The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is a marine chelicerate arthropod. Despite its name, it is more closely related to spiders, ticks, and scorpions than to crabs.[2] Horseshoe crabs are most commonly found in the Gulf of Mexico and along the northern Atlantic coast of North America. A main area of annual migration is Delaware [...]

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