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Specimen noted as exceptionally cool

Gravid Female. She was upside down in the surf... flipped her back over, but not sure if she was still alive.

molted exoskeleton

Looks like it failed to molt. Quite dead.

that's lost the rear part of its carapace? it was still shifting at some speed tho

Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Breeding adults; Cook's Beach, Middle Township, Cape May County, NJ; West side of Cape May peninsula; near high tide.

male latched onto a very confused terrapin

Unusual (possibly healed) damage to the left eye area. This was in the surf but didn't seem to be moving and I presume it was dead (countless other dead were high up the beach).

Female with forked tail. Never seen this.

Unique color here, shiny and almost purple instead of the normal dark brown.

Larval horseshoe crab?

Never seen one with a branched telson before.

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Eggs.

Was wondering what the green X painted on him/her could be? I know they collect and return horseshoe crabs for drawing blood around here so I thought maybe it meant it already had blood drawn?

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