A review on fisheries and conservation status of Asian Horseshoe crabs

• Main Authors: John, Akbar, Nelson, Bryan R., Hasan I., Sheikh, Cheung, SG, Wardiatno, Yusli, Dash, Bisnu Prasad, Keiji, Tsuchiya, Yumiko, Iwasaki, Pati, Siddhartha
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Springer Netherlands 2018
• Subjects: QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/66969/14/66969_A%20review%20on%20fisheries%20and%20conservation_complete.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66969/13/66969_A%20review%20on%20fisheries%20and%20conservation_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/66969/; https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10531-018-1633-8

Horseshoe crabs are the only extant xiphosurans and are believed to be morphologically unchanged for more than 200 million years. Of the four extant species namely, Limulus polyphemus, Tachypleus tridentatus, Tapinauchenius gigas and Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, the latter three are found in As...