. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. Fig. 42 Limulus polyphemus Linne Cape May, N. J. Fig. 43 Mating of Limulus St. Petersburg, Fla. The body of the King' Crab is in three parts— a horseshoe shaped head, an approximately triangu- lar abdomen and a spinelike tail. The total length from head to tip of tail may be as much as two feet. King Crabs are abundant in Delaware Bay. In May and June they come ashore in great numbers to deposit their eggs on the beach near high tide mark. The crabs come up the beach in pairs, the males being the smaller, riding on the backs of the f
. Animals of the seashore. Marine animals -- Atlantic Coast. Fig. 42 Limulus polyphemus Linne Cape May, N. J. Fig. 43 Mating of Limulus St. Petersburg, Fla. The body of the King' Crab is in three parts— a horseshoe shaped head, an approximately triangu- lar abdomen and a spinelike tail. The total length from head to tip of tail may be as much as two feet. King Crabs are abundant in Delaware Bay. In May and June they come ashore in great numbers to deposit their eggs on the beach near high tide mark. The crabs come up the beach in pairs, the males being the smaller, riding on the backs of the females. After the eggs are deposited in the sand, the males fertilize them, and then the crabs return to the deeper water of the bay. A number of years ago Limulus was much more abundant than at present. Every year many of these crabs are collected along the New Jersey shore of Delaware Bay. They are allowed to dry on the beach in large pens and then are ground up and used as fertilizer. Because of this industry Limulus is dying out in some Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Horace Gardiner, 1906-. Boston, B. Humphries, inc
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