“Horseshoe Crabs in New Jersey: an Ancient Species in Modern Times” is the title of a virtual seminar in the Marine Extension Program Series through the Rutgers Cooperative Extension on Monday, March 29 from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
The featured speakers will be Linda Barry and Samantha MacQuesten, who are fisheries biologist and assistant fisheries biologist, respectively, from the N.J. Department of Environmental Protection’s Division of Fish and Wildlife.
While horseshoe crabs look like prehistoric crabs and are called “living fossils,” they are actually more closely related to scorpions and spiders. The horseshoe crab has a hard exoskeleton and 10 legs, which it uses for walking along the seafloor.
Horseshoe crab species found around the United States live in the Atlantic Ocean along the North American coastline. They can also be seen along the East and Gulf coasts of the United States and Mexico. There are three other species of horseshoe crab worldwide, which are located in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific Ocean along the coast of Asia.
Interested individuals may register by March 25 by completing the registration form at go.rutgers.edu.
For more information, contact Douglas Zemeckis at zemeckis@njaes.rutgers.edu, or call 732-349-1152. —E.E.
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