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Where do the three Asian horseshoe crab species live?
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Horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus).
The three Asian species of horseshoe crab—the Japanese (or tri-spine) horseshoe crab (Tachypleus tridentatus), the coastal horseshoe crab (T. gigas), and the mangrove horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda)—are found along the coast of Asia, ranging from Japan to India. Like other members of their group, they are most commonly found in [estuarine waters].1