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Mangrove Horseshoe Crab

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda

Wildlife study photograph from iNaturalist.
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24 photos

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Singapore.January 12, February 8, March 9, April 5, May 5, June 7, July 6, August 4, September 12, October 7, November 5, December 12.
Singapore92
NORTH REGION66
China20
Thailand20
Malaysia20
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region15
India14
West Bengal14
EAST REGION13
Indonesia11

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Dietary

  • DetritivoreFeeds on dead organic material and debrisFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassHorseshoe Crabs · Merostomata
OrderHorseshoe Crabs · Xiphosurida
FamilyHorseshoe Crabs · Limulidae
GenusCarcinoscorpius

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise Mangrove Horseshoe Crab with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.