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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.
Despite its name the Horseshoe Crab is not actually a crab. It is more closely related to spiders, scorpions and ticks.
Spiders. horseshoe crabs, sea spiders, mites, ticks...and other arachnids.
Scorpions, obviously, but also harvestmen (not Aranea, other group more closely related to scorpions), and even horseshoe crabs.
Chelicerates are a group of arthropods that lack jaws. Examples of chelicerates include horseshoe crabs, mites, ticks, spiders, and scorpions. Arthropods that have jaws are classified as mandibulates.
Chelicerates, being spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, ticks, mites, sun/camel spiders, horseshoe crabs and some others. ^^
Chelicerata, containing spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, mites, ticks, sun/camel spiders and horseshoe crabs, among others.
The subphylum Chelicerata is an offshoot of the phylum Arthropoda. This subphylum includes spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, horseshoe crabs and many other diverse species. Animals classified under Chelicerata can be herbivores, predators, scavengers, parasites or detritivores.
Organisms in the subphylum Chelicerata include spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, and horseshoe crabs. They are characterized by having specialized appendages called chelicerae, which are used for feeding.
Arachnids
ticks
Ticks belong to the phylum Arthropoda, which is a diverse group of invertebrates that includes insects, spiders, and crustaceans.