The Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) is the only extant species of horseshoe crab in the Americas, the others being limited to Asia. They are sometimes given the misnomer "living fossil" for their apparent similarity to organisms dating to the Triassic and relatives as far back as the Devonian.
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