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They both have two parts to their bodies

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Q: What do horseshoe crabs and spiders have in common?
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Are horseshoe crabs related to regular crabs?

no//////////////////horseshoe crabs are related to spiders and scorpions.. WEIRD RIGHT!!


What are examples of trilobita?

spiders, mites, and horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura)


Are horseshoe-crabs mammals?

No, horseshoe crabs are in fact invertebrates. This means that they do not have an internal skeleton but a hard exoskeleton. They are closely related to spiders and scorpions.


What animals have chelicerae?

Spiders. horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, mites, ticks...and other arachnids.


Do chelicerates have wings?

no chelicerates are mostly spiders or scorpions or horseshoe crabs


Is a horseshoe crab a fish?

Horseshoe crabs are not a fish, it is a marine arthropod. The horseshoe crab is more closely related to spiders, ticks, and scorpions than to crabs.


Why don't horseshoe crabs look like other crabs?

Despite its name the Horseshoe Crab is not actually a crab. It is more closely related to spiders, scorpions and ticks.


Are stingrays relatives to horseshoe crabs?

No, not at all. Horseshoe crabs are arthtopods, so they are related to insects, spiders, crabs, lobsters etc. Stingrays are fish. The phylogeny of these two animals separated at minimum 500 million years ago.


What is the class of arthropods which have 8 legs?

Chelicerates, being spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, mites, sun/camel spiders, horseshoe crabs and some others. ^^


What other arthropods are related to the spiders?

Scorpions, obviously, but also harvestmen (not Aranea, other group more closely related to scorpions), and even horseshoe crabs.


What is artaopods?

I think you mean arthropods? An arthropod is an invertebrate that has an exoskeleton (a skeleton on the outside), joined appendages, and a segmented body. Many examples are horseshoe crabs (which aren't actually crabs at all - they are most related to spiders), lobsters, and crabs, spiders, and other insects.


Where are horseshoe crabs born?

Horseshoe crabs are born (hatch) in the ocean.