Horseshoe Crab
Object Details
- Collector
- V. Choate
- Discipline
- Invertebrate Zoology
- Description
- This object is part of the Education and Outreach collection, some of which are in the Q?rius science education center and available to see.
- This is the top shell of an immature horseshoe crab. No soft tissue remains.
- Number of objects in this record
- 1
- Record Last Modified
- 5 Feb 2024
- USNM Number
- EO29605
- Object Type
- Education and Outreach collections
- Life Stage
- Immature
- Scientific Name
- Limulus polyphemus
- See more items in
- Q?rius, The Coralyn W. Whitney Science Education Center
- Taxonomy
- Animalia, Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Merostomata, Xiphosura, Limulidae, Limulinae
- Topic
- Education & Outreach
- Record ID
- nmnheducation_11373011
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/36c48925c-a9c7-48ca-b8c9-ad824483597d
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