Mangrove horseshoe crab
The mangrove horseshoe crab is a sea creature with a hard shell and a long spiky tail. It lives in warm, shallow, muddy coastal waters in South and Southeast Asia. Its flesh contains a deadly poison, so it is important to know it apart from a safe relative.1

Hono anndirtee ngal
- It is the smallest of the four living horseshoe crab species.1
- Its tail has a rounded cross section. In the other species the tail is essentially triangular.1
- Females are larger than males. Females are typically about 30.5 to 31.5 cm long including the tail.1
- Adults have a large dome-shaped front shell, a smaller rear shell with spines on its edge, and a spike-like tail.1
No jiibondiree e: It is often confused with Tachypleus gigas, which is harmless to eat. The mangrove horseshoe crab has a rounded tail, while T. gigas has a triangular one. Tachypleus tridentatus can live in the same habitat.1
Doole tooke
Ngal bonataa si wanaa huunde ñaamii ngal.
Ko honɗun tooke ɓanndu mum waɗata?
Its flesh contains tetrodotoxin (TTX), a poison that is lethal. This is a poison in the food, not a venom from a bite or sting.1
Hono musiiba mum heewiri e yimɓe?
Musiiba e yimɓe: Musiiba sanneNo waawi warugol neɗɗo mo safraaka.Several cases of food poisoning have happened after people ate this crab, and some of these cases were fatal. These cases usually occur when the crab is mistaken for the harmless T. gigas.1
Si neɗɗo meemii walla ñaamii ngal
- Si neɗɗo ñaamii ngal walla no jogii maandeeji caggal ñaamugol ngal: noddu nimero ballal walla centre antipoison jooni jooni.
Adii fow noddu nimero ballal (112, 000, 911). Ɗum ko anndinal ballal adiingal, wanaa saaraangal doktoro. Ko adii nder ballal adiingal
Reen hoore maa
- Wota a meem, wota a nanngu, wota a jalnu kullal ladde haa abada, hay si ko tokooso, hay si no yi'ee no ɗaanii walla maayii.
- Accu ngal nokku. Si a fotti e ngal, deeƴu, ruttu ɓaawo seeɗa seeɗa, accu ngal yaha laawol mum.
- Si a meemii walla a ñaamii ngal: wota a moomtu gite maa walla hunuko maa, loot juuɗe maa, heɓu ballal doktoro.
Ngal faalaaka gaañugol ma. Tooke mum woodi tun ngam wota huunde ñaam ngal. Ko ɓeydi fii reenugol hoore maa
Hoto nder aduna?
Hono mawniri?
Hono juutiri?
juuti no banaanaaji 2 jokkondirɗi
juuti no kaaɗe mahirɗe 12 e diisa gootoHono Mangrove horseshoe crab mawniri, si fooɗondiraama e AN?
Ko limoore tun nder navigateur maa. Alaa ko danndetee walla ko neldetee ka nokku woo.
Hono yaawiri?
Humpito
Its flesh contains a lethal poison, but its roe is a prized delicacy in Thailand, where it is served in a salad called yam khai maeng da.1
Horseshoe crabs have remained almost unchanged in shape and size for millions of years, and their fossils over 400 million years old look almost identical to living ones.1
Juveniles grow about 33% bigger each time they moult, taking about five moults to grow from 2 cm to adult size.1
Males cling to the backs of females for long periods before the eggs are laid, and it is thought that this species is monogamous.1
Horseshoe crabs have two compound eyes, which are mainly used to find a mate.1
Bonnoowo fenaandeeji
Fenaande: All horseshoe crabs are safe to eat.
Goonga: The mangrove horseshoe crab is not safe. Its flesh contains lethal tetrodotoxin, unlike T. gigas, which is harmless to eat.1
Ngam ganduɓe tooke
- Innde ganndal
- Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda
- Fedde
- Kulle goɗɗe tookeeje ɓanndu
- Ɓesngu
- Limulidae2
- Ordre
- Xiphosurida
- Leyɗe mawɗe
- Geeci Enndo, Geeci Pasifik, Geeci Siin Sud, Geeci Andaman, Gulf Bengal, Oseyanuuji
- Ɓiɓɓe tokosɓe
- Females lay about 3500 eggs in a hole dug in the sand or mud, and the male fertilises them. The large eggs hatch after a couple of weeks into miniature versions of the adults.1
- Musiiba e yimɓe
- 4 / 5: Musiiba sanne3
Ɗo humpitooji ɗin iwri
- Mangrove horseshoe crab (Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0))
- Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (iNaturalist): inɗe e ŋoordingol (classification).
- Venom Wiki: tolno musiiba, mawnugol aadaajo e miijo yaawugol ko amen. Ndaar no min ƴeewtirta ɗum: Hono min tolnirta musiiba.
Kala humpito nder ngoo hello no jogii limoore hollirnde iwdi mum. Si min juumii, yaafo, min ko yiɗɓe kulle, wanaa jaaynde ganndal. Haalan min e [email protected], min feewnitan.
Tooke si ñaamaama

