Limulus polyphemus Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, American Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus is commonly referred to as Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, American Horseshoe Crab. Difficulty in the aquarium: Non adatto agli acquari!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

3513 

AphiaID:

150514 

Scientific:

Limulus polyphemus 

German:

Atlantischer Pfeilschwanzkrebs 

English:

Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, American Horseshoe Crab 

Category:

Altri crostacei 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Merostomata (Class) > Xiphosurida (Order) > Limulidae (Family) > Limulus (Genus) > polyphemus (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Linnaeus, ), 1758 

Occurrence:

Florida, Germany, Gulf of Maine, Gulf of Mexico, North-West-Atlantic, USA 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

3 - 11 Meter 

Size:

up to 23.62" (60 cm) 

Weight:

1.8 kg 

Temperature:

54.5 °F - 82.4 °F (12.5°C - 28°C) 

Food:

Algae (Algivore), Clams, Fish (little fishes), Snails, Worms 

Difficulty:

Non adatto agli acquari! 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Vulnerable (VU) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

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  Limulus polyphemus
  Atlantischer Pfeilschwanzkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2011-01-09 22:03:03 

Last edit:

2022-09-29 09:46:15 

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