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Tachypleus tridentatus horseshoe crab juvenile and copepods

This is a newly hatched Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). It had just crawled out of the substrate and swum into the murky, nutrient-rich water column, which was filled with a frenzy of copepods.

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Image Size: 8256x5504 / 130.1MB; https://www.photoshelter.com/support/license#rm; https://www.tony-wu.com/contact-tony-wu; Crustacean Horseshoe Crab Animalia Arthropoda Xiphosura Limulidae Tachypleus tridentatus Chinese Horseshoe Crab Japanese Horseshoe Crab Kabuto-gani Tri-Spine Horseshoe Crab Endangered: IUCN Red List Juvenile Reproduction Pacific Japan Yamaguchi Prefecture
Contained in galleries: Marine Life Reproduction, Crustaceans, Marine Life | Japan

This is a newly hatched Japanese horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus). It had just crawled out of the substrate and swum into the murky, nutrient-rich water column, which was filled with a frenzy of copepods.