Web Directory

» Horseshoe Crab
   Information on this benthic crab, Limulus polyphemus, its life cycle, habitat and its commercial harvest, primarily for bait.
   http://www.chesapeakebay.net/horseshoe_crab.htm

» Horseshoe Crab: Limulus polyphemus
   Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.
   http://www.arkive.org/horseshoe-crab/limulus-polyphemus/

» Horseshoe Crabs: The Ancient Mariner
   Information on these crabs, which have evolved little in the last 250 million years, their behavior and mating ritual.
   http://www.beach-net.com/horseshoe/Bayhorsecrab.html

» It's all about the Horseshoe Crab
   Videos, pictures and informative articles for the preservation and understanding of the American horseshoe crab.
   http://horseshoe-crabs.com

» Limulus polyphemus
   Exercise from Invertebrate Anatomy OnLine covering the systematics, natural history, external and internal anatomy and trilobite larva of this horseshoe crab.
   http://webs.lander.edu/rsfox/invertebrates/limulus.html

» Merostomata
   Brief description of the class, from the Animal Diversity Web.
   http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/arthropoda/merostomata.html

» The Amazing Horseshoe
   Information on these crabs, family Limulidae, their anatomy, life cycle, ecological niche, spawning and medical uses.
   http://www.horseshoecrab.org/nh/hist.html

» The Horseshoe Crab - Limulus polyphemus
   Brief profile of species biology and ongoing research, with a photo.
   http://marylandfisheries.fws.gov/horseshoe_crab.htm