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order

Horseshoe crabs
Xiphosura Latreille, 1802

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Merostomata

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Limulus polyphemus - Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

Limulus polyphemus - Atlantic Horseshoe Crab

Author: Milan Kořínek

Mesolimulus walchii

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda - Southeast Asian Horseshoe Crab

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda - Southeast Asian Horseshoe Crab

Author: Klaus Rudloff

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

suborder Xiphosurida

Fossil taxa

suborder Synziphosurida †
family Archeolimulidae Chlupáč, 1963 † inc.sed.
genus Venustulus Moore, 2005 † inc.sed.

Links and literature

EN Tree of Life [Xiphosura]

Tree of Life [http://tolweb.org/tree]
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [10685]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [http://www.irmng.org] [as Xiphosura]
Data retrieved on: 7 February 2020
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† extinct taxon

inc.sed. incertae sedis - uncertain placement within this taxon



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