Description for "horseshoe crab in Kanji"
There is almost no change in basic form from late Paleozoic fossil species to modern species, and it is a representative of “living fossils”. Female total length 70 cm, male 50 cm. It consists of a semicircular head-thorax, a nearly pentagonal abdomen and an elongated tail sword, which can be bent at each junction. Japanese says “Kabuto Kani”. Endangered species 1