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Which is a biologist's way of saying horseshoe crabs are repulsive. The scientific name, Limulus polyphemus, loosely translates as "slant-eyed Cyclops." But horseshoe crabs are not really crabs at all. They are arthropods, distant relatives of scorpions and spiders...
...Finn makes money from the crabs. He runs a small company that converts the crabs' blood into the limulus amoebocyte-lysate test used to detect contamination in drugs and other medical products. Each year Finn pays college students to collect crabs and siphon their rich blue blood, which possesses remarkable clotting properties. After donating their blood, the crabs, no worse for the wear, are tagged and tossed back into...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "Studies in Fossil Limulus." Professor R. T. Jackson. Zoological Laboratories, Fourth Floor, M. Z., Room...
...ZOOLOGICAL CLUB. "Studies in Fossil Limulus." Professor R. T. Jackson. Zoological Laboratories, Fourth Floor, M. Z., Room...
...Zoological Club will meet in room 3. fourth floor of the Museum, Tuesday, March 14, at 7.30 P.M. The following papers will be presented: Maturation of Insects' Eggs, Embryology of Limulus, Development of Tunicates...