s u r f - s i t e . c o m Web Surfing Directory     Top: Science: Biology: Flora_and_Fauna: Animalia: Arthropoda: Merostomata The Amazing Horseshoe - Information on these crabs, family Limulidae, their anatomy, life cycle, ecological niche, spawning and medical uses. Horseshoe Crab - Photographs and information on the biology and mating behavior of these creatures which are not closely related to true crabs. Horseshoe Crab - Information on this benthic crab, Limulus polyphemus, its life cycle, habitat and its commercial harvest, primarily for bait. The Horseshoe Crab - Limulus polyphemus - Brief profile of species biology and ongoing research, with a photo. The Horseshoe Crab - Limulus polyphemus - Promotes public awareness of the four remaining species. Natural history, conservation, medical uses, education, sightings, stories, images, glossary, and bibliography. Horseshoe Crabs: The Ancient Mariner - Information on these crabs, which have evolved little in the last 250 million years, their behavior and mating ritual. Limulus polyphemus - Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, natural history, external and internal anatomy and trilobite larva of this horseshoe crab. Merostomata - Brief description of the class, from the Animal Diversity Web. Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web. Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor surf-site.com - Web Surfing Directory is a free service of Bush Enterprises. Copyright ©2000, by James E. Bush.