limulus

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The representative genus of Limulidæ.

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[lowercase] Any crustacean of the genus Limulus.

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The only existing genus of Merostomata. It includes only a few species from the East Indies, and one (Limulus polyphemus) from the Atlantic coast of North America. Called also Molucca crab, king crab, horseshoe crab, and horsefoot.

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type genus of the family Limulidae