Highly endangered horseshoe Crab, a living fossil found in muddy shores of the Sunderbans, in Sundarbans

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A fisherman, while fishing comes across a fascinating creature in the Sunderbans mangrove habitat, called the Horseshoe Crab. The Horseshoe Crab is a living fossil. The Horseshoe Crab hails from the pre-Cambrian era. Often called the King Crab, it has reigned the ocean for 360 million years. In fact, it isn’t actually a true crab, but a relative of the scorpion. Of the four extant species of Horseshoe Crabs, two are found in India - Tachypleus gigas and Carcinoscorprius rotundicauda. Because of its peculiar shape, the Horseshoe Crab is known by different names: RamaLakhania, Lakhanpatia, Kantia, Samudrabicha and Kankadabicha. It is found along the upper east coast of India. Both species have limited distribution and are found in the mangrove swamps and muddy shores of the Sunderbans to Cor