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The 7 pages that link to Telson, each with the reason it gives.

• ScorpionBroader topic: It delivers venom through the aculeus, the sharp point at the tail’s end.

• Horseshoe crabBroader topic: The horseshoe crab’s long telson helps it right itself when overturned.

• Mantis shrimpRelated: Its armored telson helps some mantis shrimp defend against attacks.

• EurypteridBroader topic: Many eurypterids ended in a prominent telson, whose shape varied among species.

• XiphosuraRelated: The long tail spine gives xiphosurans their characteristic outline and helps right them when overturned.

• Fat-tailed scorpionBroader topic: This is the tail tip that injects venom during a sting.

• LeptostracaRelated: Together with the uropods, it completes the leptostracan tail fan.