Horseshoe Crabs
Denise Garcia
Created on November 18, 2024
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Importance
4 Species
- Serve as bait
- Blood serves as a clotting agent, tests for bacteria and pathogens
- The three Asian species are listed as critically endangered
- Not enough data to estimate population size or status of the populations in Florida
- Depend on intertidal beaches for spawning (Reproduction)
- Highly susceptible to shoreline erosion, shoreline armoring, and development
Florida horseshoe crab watch program
- Volunteer with the program
- Report sightings of horseshoe crabs on iNaturalist
- Report a tagged horseshoe crab
- Flip horseshoe crabs over to prevent them from drying out
- Support efforts of coastal restoration
American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus)
Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus)
Indian horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas)
Mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda)
Horseshoe Crabs
Living Fossils
Florida Horseshoe Crab Watch
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