Which one of the following is referred as living fossils?
A
Satcoptes
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B
Daphnia
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C
Limulus
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D
Balanus
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Solution
The correct option is BLimulus
A living fossil is a living species of organism that closely resembles the species. Limulus is a genus of horseshoe crab with one extent species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). The horseshoe crab is considered a living fossil because it is one of the very few animals that is still around that we can find fossils of them dating back 500 million years.