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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.