Xiphosura: Horseshoe Crabs - Order Spotlight

💧Neither a crab, nor a horse - horseshoe crabs have been defying expectations for hundreds of millions of years. Learn more about their mass spawning spectacles, confusing anatomy, and why we are so bent on harvesting their blue blood.💧 Additional Educational Resources Xiphosura Review - https://peerj.com/articles/10431/ Phylogeny - https://peerj.com/articles/10431/ L. polyphemus - https://doi.org/10.1080/20026491051677 Arachnid Monophyly Support - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.asd.2020.10... Arachnid Monophyly Refute - https://doi.org/10.1093/molbev/msac021 Some Horseshoe Crab Spawning Surveys USFWS Horseshoe Crab Resighting Form - https://www.fws.gov/crabtag/ Delaware Bay - https://dnrec.delaware.gov/coastal-pr... New York - https://www.nyhorseshoecrab.org/ Florida - https://myfwc.com/research/saltwater/... Remember, definitely don't use Sci-hub as a convenient tool to access scientific literature without having to purchase it #insects #entomology #ecology #wildlife Thumbnail Photos Gabriel Sanchez - https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... Video Credit https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... Image Credit (In Order of Appearance) https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rs... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://www.inaturalist.org/observati... https://www.flickr.com/photos/myfwc/1... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...