Below are images of live horseshoe crabs. These pictures were taken of horseshoe crabs that were found at Mosquito Lagoon, Titusville Florida.
I arranged the pictures so that you can see the different parts of the horseshoe crabs and see the difference between a female horseshoe crab and a male horseshoe crab.
If you click on the images below you will be taken to another page that has a close-up of the picture and a description of what the photo is about.
You can download any of these pictures for you own personal use for free. All that I ask is if you use them for a web site or other commercial or non-commercial online use that you put in a link leading back to this site.
Enjoy….
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- Photo of a horseshoe crab molting
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- Photo of the open gills of a horseshoe crab
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- Photo of the movable spines of a horseshoe crab
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- This is the photo of the mouth of a horseshoe crab
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- Photo of a male horseshoe crabs pusher leg
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- Photo of a male horseshoe crabs mouth
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- Photo of a male horseshoe crab close-up
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- Photo of the front claws of a male horseshoe crab.
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- Photo of a male horseshoe crabs front leg
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- Photo of the underside of a male horseshoe crab
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- Photo of male horseshoe crab underside with barnacles
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- Photo of a male horseshoe crab upside down
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- Photo of a horseshoe crabs shell
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- Photo of a horseshoe crabs pusher leg
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- Close-up Photo of the pusher foot of a horseshoe crab
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- Close-up photo of a horseshoe crabs movable spines
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- Close-up Photo of a Horseshoe Crabs mouth
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- Photo showing the hinge that joins the cephalothorax and opisthosoma.
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- Photo showing the horseshoe crabs chelicerai (front pincers)
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- Photo of a female horseshoe crabs underside
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- Photo of a female horseshoe crab flaps covering genitalia
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- Photo of a female horseshoe crabs under side
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- Photo showing how a horseshoe crab can curl up for protection
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- Close-up photo of one of the compound eyes of a horseshoe crab
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- Photo of a male horseshoe crab covered with barnacles
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- Photo of the bottom side of a horseshoe crab
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- Close-up photo of the book gills and flap cover genitalia of a horseshoe crab
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- Photo of a horseshoe crabs anus
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- Super close-up photo of a horseshoe crabs chelicerae
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- super close-up photo of a horseshoe crabs mouth
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- Photo of underside of female horseshoe crab
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- Photo of a turned over horseshoe crab
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- Photo of full bottom view of female horseshoe crab
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- Photo of Barnicles on a Horseshoe Crab
I also live in NY and I saw tons of them but where are their faces and eyes located?
i’m glad i found this website. it’s very useful for my research paper. especially that our topic is all about horseshoe crabs. it’s amazing upon knowing all these things about them. i’m just a little bit curious on how they survived? after all..they are called a living fossil?