Horseshoe Crab
name: label: Discipline
content: Invertebrate Zoology
label: Region
content: US Mid Atlantic (PA, NJ, MD, DE, DC, VA, WV)
notes: label: Description
content: This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
label: Notes
content: This is a Horseshoe Crab or Atlantic Horseshoe Crab. It is mostly light brown in color with a long tail and many sharp protuberances. It measures 37 cm long and 20.5 cm wide.
label: Number of objects in this record
content: 1
label: Record Last Modified
content: 8 Mar 2024
place: label: Collecting Locality
content: Scientists' Cliffs, Gate A, North America, United States, Maryland, Calvert County
topic: label: Topic
content: Education & Outreach
setName: label: See more items in
content: Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
publisher: label: Scientific Name
content: Limulus polyphemus
identifier: label: USNM Number
content: EO405609
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Education and Outreach collections
taxonomicName: label: Taxonomy
content: Animalia, Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Merostomata, Xiphosura, Limulidae, Limulinae
physicalDescription: label: Sex
content: Female