Limulus polyphemus

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Limulus polyphemus - large marine arthropod of the Atlantic coast of North America having a domed carapace that is shaped like a horseshoe and a stiff pointed tail; a living fossil related to the wood lousehorseshoe crab, Xiphosurus polyphemus, king crabarthropod - invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitingenus Limulus, Limulus - type genus of the family Limulidae