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Where are a horseshoe crab’s eyes located?
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horseshoe crab
Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).
The eyes of a horseshoe crab are located on the smoothly arched upper surface of its cephalothorax. Specifically, they consist of a pair of lateral compound eyes and a much smaller median pair of eyes that are sensitive to ultraviolet light.1