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  1. Limulidae, family Limulidaenoun

    horseshoe crabs

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  1. limulidae

    Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the family Limulidae and the only living members of the order Xiphosura. Despite their name, they are not true crabs or crustaceans: they are chelicerates, most closely related to arachnids such as spiders, ticks, and scorpions.Horseshoe crabs live primarily in and around shallow coastal waters on soft, sandy or muddy bottoms. They are generally found in the intertidal zone at spring high tides. They are eaten in some parts of Asia, and used as fishing bait, in fertilizer and in science (especially Limulus amebocyte lysate). In recent years, population declines have occurred as a consequence of coastal habitat destruction and overharvesting. Tetrodotoxin may be present in one horseshoe crab species, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda. The fossil record of Xiphosura goes back over 440 million years to the Ordovician period, with the oldest representatives of the modern family Limulidae dating to approximately 250 million years ago during the Early Triassic. As such, the extant forms have been described as "living fossils". Some molecular analyses have placed Xiphosura within Arachnida, with a 2019 molecular analysis placing them as the sister group of Ricinulei.

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  1. limulidae

    Limulidae is a family of marine arthropods commonly known as horseshoe crabs. They consist of four existing species that are more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to crabs. They are known for their hard carapace, long tail spine, and their blue-colored blood which has important applications in medical science.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of limulidae in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of limulidae in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

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