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Horseshoe crabs are one of the only five living species of arthropods class

A) merostomata
B)chelicerata
C)Arachinda
D) none of the above

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C. Arachnida.
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Answer:

A. merostomata

Horseshoe crabs are merostomata class

Step-by-step explanation:

Merostomata is one of the five class of the phylum arthropoda. Horseshoe crabs are not crustaceans. They are the only living representative of a group that flourished successful over 300 million years ago on the earth. They have lived in the coasts of North America and Southeast Asia.

Taxonomy:

PHYLUM: arthropoda

SUBPHYLUM: chelicerata

CLASS: merostomata

ORDERS: xiphosura

FAMILIES: limulidae

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