Posts Tagged ‘carcinoscorpius rotundicauda’

Horseshoe Crabs and the battle to save them

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

This is a story that makes me mad and yet fills me with hope.

The Johor Straits Singapore is one of the homes of the Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda species of horseshoe crabs that inhabit that part of the world.

Carcinoscorpius Rotundicauda are horseshoe crabs that can be found in the indo/west pacific waters and are getting dangerously close to extinction.

The part that makes me mad is that fishermen are using mono-filament nets on these shores and are leaving them unmanned.  The horseshoe crabs and other wildlife get caught in the nets and when the tide goes out are stranded on land where the heat quickly kills them.

How Many Horseshoe Crab Species?

Saturday, May 16th, 2009

There are 4 species of horseshoe crabs that still exists today. One, Limulus Polyphemus can be found on the east coast of North America and in the Golf of Mexico. The highest concentration of limulus polyphemus is the Delaware bay area although we have a strong population of them here on the space coast in Florida.

Another species, Tachypleus tridentatus which are found in the Seto Inland Sea. (This one is considered endangered, although with regulation it seems to be making a come back.)

The third species is Tachypleus gigas is found off the coast of India.