These horseshoe crab's tails were found on the ocean shore of Staten Island, New York.
Last picture shows the whole crab.

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This crab was very big when living: this is just a lower carapace with a tail. Last picture shows how the whole crab looks.

This is what I found in Wikipedia about horseshoe crabs:
“The entire body of horseshoe crab is protected by a hard shell. They have two large compound eyes and multiple smaller simple ones atop the carapace. Beneath the carapace they look quite similar to a large spider. They have five pairs of legs for walking, swimming and moving food into the mouth. The long, straight, rigid tails can be used to flip themselves over if they are turned upside down, so a crab with a broken tail may die.”

I thoroughly cleaned it in fresh water to wash off any loose sand and salt and the rest of the remains. I managed to get rid of any noticeable odor.

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