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    After reading this article you will learn about Limulus General Characteristics

    General Characteristics of Limulus

    • It is commonly known as king-crab and is a marine arthropod
    • Body is comprised of cephalothorax and abdomen
    • Cephalothorax (prosoma) is broad, covered by horse shoe shaped carapace
    • Abdomen comprises of six segments and bear 6 pairs of flattened and plate-like appendages
    • First pair of appendage is united to form a genital operculum
    • Remaining five pairs bear book gills for respiration
    • Excretion through coxal glands
    • Development through trilobite larva

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