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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
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| Modified link of Web site: Digital Commons at Salve Regina - Horseshoe Crab (PDF). | Aug 27, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Horseshoe crab acetyl group-recognizing lectins involved in innate immunity are structurally related to fibrinogen. | Dec 20, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BMC Genomics - The draft genome of horseshoe crab Tachypleus tridentatus reveals its evolutionary scenario and well-developed innate immunity. | Sep 13, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at Salve Regina - Horseshoe Crab (PDF). | May 10, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Phylogenetic Relationship Among Horseshoe Crab Species: Effect of Substitution Models on Phylogenetic Analyses (PDF). | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service - The Horseshoe Crab. | Jan 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Horseshoe crab genomes reveal the evolution of genes and microRNAs after three rounds of whole genome duplication. | Sep 28, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Nature - Horseshoe crab genomes reveal the evolution of genes and microRNAs after three rounds of whole genome duplication. | May 13, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Royal Society Publishing - Proceedings B - The first Silurian horseshoe crab reveals details of the xiphosuran ground plan. | Apr 01, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ecological Research and Development Group - The Horseshoe Crab. | Jan 25, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission - Horseshoe Crab. | Oct 20, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Frontiers - Frontiers in Marine Science - The Role of Horseshoe Crabs in the Biomedical Industry and Recent Trends Impacting Species Sustainability. | May 02, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Wildlife Federation - Horseshoe Crab. | Feb 09, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Atlas of Ancient Life - Horseshoe Crab. | Nov 23, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: AZ Animals - Horseshoe Crab. | Sep 10, 2022 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Jun 18, 2021 | ||
| Described the conservation status of the American horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus) and the role of coagulogen, an enzyme found in the animal's blood, in biomedical research. | Dec 12, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Wildscreen Arkive - Horseshoe crab. | Dec 18, 2013 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Aug 11, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - Animals - Horseshoe Crab. | May 21, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: Enchanted Learning - Horseshoe Crab. | Mar 05, 2008 | ||
| Media added. | Oct 08, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Mar 01, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Shorebird Crisis: The Horseshoe Crabs of Delaware Bay. | Jun 06, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Shorebird Crisis: The Horseshoe Crabs of Delaware Bay. | Jun 06, 2006 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |
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