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A pair of Atlantic horseshoe crabs (Limulus polyphemus) are almost covered by the surf while spawning at sunrise, Slaughter Beach, Delaware.

Image Size: 3888x2592 / 28.9MB; www.bestnatureimages.com; 2011 Animalia Arthropod Arthropoda Atlantic Horseshoe Crab Atlantic Ocean Atlantic coastal Best Chelicerata DE Delaware Delaware Bay Horseshoe Crab Limulidae Limulus Amebocyte Lysate (LAL) test Limulus polyphemus May Mid-Atlantic Mid-Atlantic Seaboard Migration Slaughter Beach Xiphosura animal behavior behaviour coagulogen coast coastal conservation dawn habitat loss image images invertebrate late spring mating nature ocean photo photograph population decline spawning spring sunrise tiff wildlife
Contained in galleries: Delaware Bay May 2011, Other Arthropods