Home›Arthropod Relatives›Horseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura)GroupHorseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura)Horseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura) is a Browse By group of the Nature Atlas that gathers the horseshoe crabs, marine chelicerate arthropods that are not true crabs and are the only surviving xiphosurans. An entry belongs here when its own cited article states that it is a horseshoe crab. It excludes sea spiders, millipedes, centipedes and springtails, which have their own groups or none. Members are placed by the classification their cited article gives, not by common name or appearance alone.Browse BySourcesComments (0)Reader Challenges (0)Browse ByAll Horseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura)Horseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura)5 entriesHorseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura)Filter Results5 entriesCommon GroupAllHorseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura) (5)TaxonomyAllLimulidae (5)HabitatAllIntertidal Zone (1)Marine (3)Seagrass Meadow (1)Conservation StatusAllData Deficient (2)Endangered (1)Vulnerable (1)Everyday GroupAllHorseshoe Crabs (Xiphosura) (5)DietAllCarnivore (3)Omnivore (2)System (Realm)AllMarine (5)Marine and Freshwater (1)ThreatsAllBiological Resource Use (1)Relationship to PeopleAllEaten or Drunk by People (1)Hunted or Fished (2)Living or ExtinctAllYes (5)Where It LivesAllAsia (3)Bangladesh (1)Denmark (1)Germany (1)India (1)Mexico (1)Myanmar (1)Netherlands (1)New Zealand (1)Norway (1)Philippines (1)Sri Lanka (1)Taiwan (1)United States (2)Show ResultsBrowseCompareSelect all 5Horseshoe CrabArthropod Relatives2 linksIndo-Pacific Horseshoe CrabArthropod Relatives2 linksLimulus PolyphemusArthropod Relatives2 linksMangrove Horseshoe CrabArthropod Relatives2 linksTri-spine Horseshoe CrabArthropod Relatives2 linksSourcesMangrove Horseshoe Crab (Wikidata)tier 2WikidataHas Member: Mangrove Horseshoe Crab, LeadQuote, Has Member: Mangrove Horseshoe Crab, LeadThe mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda), also known as the round-tailed horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab, a chelicerate arthropod found in tropical marine and brackish waters of India, Bangladesh, and Southeast Asia.View the SourceTachypleus tridentatus (Wikipedia)Has Member: Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab, LeadQuote, Has Member: Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab, LeadTachypleus tridentatus, commonly known as the Chinese horseshoe crab, Japanese horseshoe crab, or tri-spine horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab found in Southeast and East Asia, with records from China, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Taiwan, and Vietnam.View the SourceIndo-Pacific Horseshoe Crab (Wikidata)tier 2WikidataHas Member: Indo-Pacific Horseshoe Crab, LeadQuote, Has Member: Indo-Pacific Horseshoe Crab, LeadTachypleus gigas, commonly known as the Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab, Indonesian horseshoe crab, Indian horseshoe crab, or southern horseshoe crab, is one of the four extant (living) species of horseshoe crab.View the SourceHorseshoe Crab (Wikipedia)tier 2Wikimedia FoundationHas Member: Horseshoe Crab, LeadQuote, Has Member: Horseshoe Crab, LeadHorseshoe crabs are arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only surviving xiphosurans.View the SourceWikipedia: Atlantic horseshoe crabHas Member: Limulus Polyphemus, LeadQuote, Has Member: Limulus Polyphemus, LeadThe 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.View the SourceComments (0)No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.Sign in to join the discussion.Reader Challenges (0)No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.Sign in to dispute this or suggest a correction.