Spiders by StahlhutJ

Question 7

Though they are not true arachnids, the sea-dwelling arthropods of the family Limulidae are much more closely related to spiders and scorpions than to the more distant relatives their common name suggests. What is the COMMON NAME of these blue-blooded animals, which have remained anatomically similar to their 450-million-year-old ancestors?

HORSESHOE CRAB

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