Limulus polyphemus Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Large Female

    This very large female Horseshoe Crab was found in about one foot of water on muddy sand at Vilano Beach, St. Johns County, Florida on 5/4/2008. Unlike many other large specimens that are occationally found, the illustrated specimen was unusually clean and free of fouling organisms - hosting but a single Crepidula fornicata (Linnaeus, 1758) [Common Atlantic Slippersnail].

Limulus polyphemus Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Large Female