molukkirapu
Limulus polyphemus
#nm_0603📍 Finland
- Language
- Finnish
- Transliteration
- molukkirapu
- IPA
- /ˈmolukːirɑpu/
Compound: molukki + rapu molukki: origin uncertain, rapu: crab ↳ the derivation of molukki is not established in Finnish dictionaries; if it refers to the Moluccas (Maluku Islands, Indonesia), the association is unclear given the western Atlantic range of this species
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.