Limulus General Characteristics
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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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