Merostomata | 
Xiphosura | 
Limulidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / تغييرات عمق / distribution range				
				
					بوم شناسي				
				
			
			
				; لب شور.  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Western Pacific.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / سن
			
			
				بلوغ: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 92.0 cm TL جنس نر / بدون خواص جنسي; (مرجع 122452)			
			
			
							
				
				
					
						The horseshoe crab body is divided into three parts: the front dome-shaped prosoma, the middle marginally-spined opisthosoma, and the rear spike-like telson. The width of the prosoma is commonly in estimating the age and growth stages since it can be measured easily and yields the smalles errors in measurement (Ref. 127127).					
				
				
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Found in sandy and muddy shores (Refs. 127122, 65878).  Occurs from low and high tide mark; often found at spring low tide (Ref. 1131) in mangrove swamps (Ref. 70).  Breeds on sand patches at high tide (Ref. 68).  Inhabits shallow intertidal pools dominated by Halophila beccarii.  Juveniles burrow at low tide (Ref. 65787.				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					بلوغ | تولید مثل | تخم ریزی | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
				مآخذ اصلی  				
					مراجع | هماهنگ كننده | همكاران
				
			
			
				Chiu, H.M.C. and B. Morton 2004 The behavior of juvenile horseshoe crabs, Tachypleus tridentatus (Xiphosura), on a nursery beach at Shui Hau Wan, Hong Kong. Hydrobiologia 523:29-35. (مرجع 408)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						وضعيت در فهرست قرمز IUCN    
						 (مرجع 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				وضعيت از نظر سايتس   (مرجع 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
				خطر برای انسان ها  
			
			
				
					  Poisonous to eat (مرجع 130560)				
			 
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
				استفاده انسانی  
			
			
							
			
			
				 | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | 			
			
			
			
			
			
ابزارها
			
			
			
			
				
					اطلاعات بيشتر				
				
					 Life cycleتولید مثل
بلوغ
Fecundity
تخم ریزی
Eggs
نمو  تخم
Larvae
  PhysiologyOxygen consumption
  Human RelatedStamps, coins, misc.
  
			 
			
			
			
				منابع اينترنتي
			
			
			
			
			
				Estimates based on models
			
			
			
							
			
			
			
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						High vulnerability (57 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						طبقه قيمت  					
					
					Unknown.