Horseshoe Crabs are more closely related to spiders, ticks, and scorpions than to crabs. Unlike other crabs, horseshoe crabs aren’t actually crustaceans as they don’t have antennae. This artwork is inspired by the Japanese Mythology about the origin of the Kabutogani (Warrior’s Helmet Crab). People in the region explain that those who died became horseshoe crabs, based on the Buddhism doctrine of the Rinne Tensei about reincarnation of life. The single ‘eye’. Former scientific names of the horseshoe crab include Limulus Cyclops and Polyphemus occidentalis. Limulus means “askew” and Polyphemus refers to the one eyed giant Cyclops in Greek mythology.…
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