horseshoe crab
Limulus polyphemus
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Compound: horseshoe + crab horseshoe: for the U-shaped carapace, crab: crustacean-like sea creature (though not a true crab)
Atlantic horseshoe crab, a chelicerate arthropod (not a true crab) with a horseshoe-shaped carapace and a long spike-like tail. Found along the western Atlantic coast of North America.