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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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    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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    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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    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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    the mammalian fibrin clot. Limulus amebocyte lysate is manufactured from horseshoe crabs, specifically the Limulus polyphemus species. In the presence of...
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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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  • 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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    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 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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  • lipopolysaccharide-sensitive serine protease zymogen (factor C): its isolation from Limulus polyphemus hemocytes and identification as an intracellular zymogen activated...
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    developed a time-dependent model for the retina of the horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus on a Connection Machine (Model CM-2). Instead of feeding the model...
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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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    Protein cornichon homolog COCH: coagulation factor C homolog, cochlin (Limulus polyphemus) CRIP2: Cysteine-rich protein 2 DDX24: encoding enzyme ATP-dependent...
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    J K Pg N Reconstruction of Eurypterus (Eurypterida) Five views of Limulus polyphemus (Xiphosura) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda...
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  • affinis (coastal mud shrimp) Squilla empusa (Atlantic mantis shrimp) Limulus polyphemus (Atlantic horseshoe crab) Illex illecebrosus (northern shortfin squid)...
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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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  • Paramorariopsis anae Pseudomoraria triglavensis Leptocaris stromatolicolus Limulus polyphemus Zonocypretta kalimna Fabaeformiscandona aemonae Pseudocandona cavicola...
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  • from the Living. Springer Science & Business. p. 77. ISBN 978-9401787208. "Horseshoe Crabs, Limulus polyphemus". MarineBio.org. Retrieved 2018-03-21....
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    anatina lamp shell brachiopoda 797 59.0 74.3 52.8 XP_013382479.1 Limulus polyphemus Atlantic horseshoe crab arthropoda 797 49.5 65.0 70.3 XP_013782563...
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