Limulidae

Tachypleus gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Limulina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Classis: Merostomata Ordo: Xiphosura Subordo: Xiphosurida Infraordo: Limulina

Familia: Limulidae
Subfamiliae (2): Limulinae – †Mesolimulinae

Overview of genera (5)

Carcinoscorpius – Limulus – Tachypleus – †Crenatolimulus – †Mesolimulus

Name

Limulidae Leach, 1819

Synonyms

• ?Dubbolimulidae Pickett, 1984

References

Additional references

• Feldmann, R.M., Schweitzer, C.E., Dattilo, B. & Farlow, J.O. 2011. Remarkable preservation of a new genus and species of limuline horseshoe crab from the Cretaceous of Texas, USA. Palaeontology 54(6): 1337–1346. DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01103.x .
• Novack-Gottshall, P.M. & Plotnick, R.E. 2021. Correcting a 135-year error: Limulidae Leach, 1819 (Chelicerata, Xiphosura) is the proper authority, not Limulidae Zittel, 1885. Journal of Paleontology 95(4): 886–887. DOI: 10.1017/jpa.2021.23 .
• Obst, M., Faurby, S., Bussarawit, S. & Funch, P. 2012. Molecular phylogeny of extant horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura, Limulidae) indicates Paleogene diversification of Asian species. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 62(1): 21–26. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.025 .
• Pickett, J.W. 1984. A new freshwater limuloid from the Middle Triassic of New South Wales. Palaeontology 27(3): 609–621. BHL.

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Pfeilschwanzkrebse
English: Horseshoe crab
italiano: Limulidi
polski: Ostrogony
slovenčina: Hrotnáčovité
ไทย: แมงดาทะเล

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