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The 15 pages that link to Horseshoe crab, each with the reason it gives.

• ArachnidCompared with: It is a close chelicerate relative, but it is not classified as an arachnid.

• ChelicerataBroader topic: Its placement relative to arachnids bears on the origins of terrestrial chelicerates.

• CheliceraBroader topic: Its chelicerae handle food rather than forming prominent grasping claws.

• Living fossilBroader topic: Fossil horseshoe crabs invite comparison with living species, despite substantial change within the group.

• OpisthosomaBroader topic: Its opisthosoma is a distinct, shielded region bearing gill-bearing appendages.

• SpawningBroader topic: Its mass egg-laying events make shoreline spawning grounds vital to other species.

• Benthic locomotionBroader topic: Its walking legs move it across tidal flats and shallow seabeds.

• ProsomaBroader topic: Its large prosoma carries the eyes and most appendages.

• EurypteridRelated: Horseshoe crabs are living chelicerates often compared with eurypterids, though they are not their direct descendants.

• Arthropod phylogenyBroader topic: Their placement among chelicerates has shifted with fossil and molecular evidence.

• TelsonBroader topic: Its conspicuous telson helps the animal right itself when overturned.

• Arachnid phylogenyRelated: Their position relative to arachnids tests where arachnids fit within Chelicerata.

• Sea spiderCompared with: It is a marine chelicerate with a body plan sharply unlike the leg-dominated sea spider.

• JaekelopterusCompared with: Living horseshoe crabs offer a surviving chelicerate comparison, though they are not direct descendants of eurypterids.

• EurypterusCompared with: Its living chelicerate body plan is often compared with fossil sea scorpions.