Invertebrate
Atlantic Horseshoe Crab
The ancient living fossil with blue blood
Order Xiphosura
Xiphosura is a taxonomic order in the class Merostomata. Global Animal Guide profiles one of its members: Atlantic Horseshoe Crab.
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