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    The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), also known as the American horseshoe crab, is a species of horseshoe crab, a kind of marine and brackish...
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    Limulus is a genus of horseshoe crab, with one extant species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). One fossil species is currently assigned...
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    Limulus amebocyte lysate (LAL) is an aqueous extract of motile blood cells (amebocytes) from the Atlantic horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus. LAL reacts...
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    rotundicauda, the mangrove horseshoe crab, found in South and Southeast Asia Limulus polyphemus, the Atlantic or American horseshoe crab, found along the Atlantic...
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  • Antheraea polyphemus, or Polyphemus moth, a giant silk moth of North America Polyphemus (crustacean), a genus of cladocerans Limulus polyphemus, the Atlantic...
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    prolate-to-fusiform shape. Limulus amebocyte lysate, an aqueous extract of amebocytes from the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus), is commonly used...
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    tridentatus and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda. The fourth living species, Limulus polyphemus, is found in the Americas. T. gigas is found in tropical South and...
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    Developmental ecology of the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus Metamorphosis of Limulus Polyphemus Trilobite Larvae: Role of Chemical and Structural...
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    Scholtz, G. (2003). "Development of the nervous system in the "head" of Limulus polyphemus (Chelicerata: Xiphosura): Morphological evidence for a correspondence...
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    most studied cartilage in arthropods is the branchial cartilage of Limulus polyphemus. It is a vesicular cell-rich cartilage due to the large, spherical...
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    female in all species, and the second pair is also employed in all but Limulus polyphemus. A male horseshoe crab develops modified claspers during sexual maturity...
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  • Pates & Botton (2018) report abnormalities in specimens of extant (Limulus polyphemus, Tachypleus tridentatus) and fossil (Euproops danae, Mesolimulus walchi)...
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    not been as well documented as those of the North American species Limulus polyphemus. All four extant species of horseshoe crabs are anatomically very...
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    the mammalian fibrin clot. Limulus amebocyte lysate is found only in horseshoe crabs, specifically the Limulus polyphemus species. In the presence of...
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    expression of Pax6 and atonal homologues in the American horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus". Developmental Dynamics. 237 (8): 2209–2219. doi:10.1002/dvdy.21634...
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  • Limulus clotting factor overbar C (EC 3.4.21.84, factor C, limulus factor C) is an enzyme. This enzyme catalyses the following chemical reaction Selective...
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    robustus, Godzillius. Crustacea.net (2 October 2002) Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus at. Marinebio.org Sea spiders Facts, information, pictures. work=Encyclopedia...
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    "Opsins from the lateral eyes and ocelli of the horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States...
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    (2003-02-01). "Development of the nervous system in the "head" of Limulus polyphemus (Chelicerata: Xiphosura): morphological evidence for a correspondence...
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    in most mollusks and some arthropods such as the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). Because hemocyanin is blue, these organisms have blue blood rather...
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  • Limulus_polyphemus/latest_assembly_versions/GCF_000517525.1_Limulus_polyphemus-2.1.2". ftp.ncbi.nih.gov. Retrieved 2020-11-30. "Limulus polyphemus (ID...
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    Hartline revisited this concept of lateral inhibition in horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) eyes, during an experiment conducted with the aid of Henry G Wagner...
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  • Horseshoe Tavern, a bar in downtown Toronto Atlantic horseshoe crab, Limulus polyphemus Horseshoe crab, a marine arthropod Horseshoe bat Horse Shoes (1927...
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    J K Pg N Reconstruction of Eurypterus (Eurypterida) Five views of Limulus polyphemus (Xiphosura) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia...
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    Northeast Region, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. The Horseshoe Crab Limulus polyphemus A Living Fossil. U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. February 2004 van Gils...
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    presence of endotoxin is the Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) assay, utilizing blood from the Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). Very low levels of LPS can...
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  • Brockmann, H. Jane (1990-01-01). "Mating Behavior of Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus Polyphemus". Behaviour. 114 (1–4): 206–220. doi:10.1163/156853990X00121. ISSN 0005-7959...
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    larvae are found throughout the estuary. Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) - A common visitor to Breezy Point, Rockaways, and Coney Island....
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    ecologically significant aspects of the behavior of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus. She trained at the United States Naval base in Panama City in underwater...
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    study. He concentrated his studies on the eye of the horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). Using minute electrodes, he obtained the first record of the electrical...
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