Assertion: horseshoe crab | /r/RelatedTo | arachnid
Facets:
value: more closely
type: DEGREE
value: like spiders
type: OTHER
value: like scorpions
type: OTHER
value: in some way
type: MANNER
Source sentences:
text: Then, a team of evolutionary biologists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison analyzed a collection of genetic data in 2019 and confirmed that horseshoe crabs are in fact related to arachnids.
text: Horseshoe crabs are not actually crabs at all, they are much more closely related to spiders and other arachnids than they are to crabs or lobsters!
text: Despite their common name, horseshoe crabs are not crabs but are related to arachnids (spiders, scorpions, ticks and mites), and are the closest living relatives of the now extinct trilobites.
text: Scientists have long known that horseshoe crabs, scientifically known as the genus Xiphosura, were related to arachnids in some way.
text: Instead, horseshoe crabs are in the class Merostomata; they are more closely related to arachnids, like spiders and scorpions.
text: Although they resemble crustaceans, horseshoe crabs actually belong to a separate group of arthropods, Chelicerata, and are closely related to arachnids.
text: They are more closely related to the arachnids than the crustaceans (think spiders or scorpions rather than lobsters or shrimp).