Xiphosura

Xiphosura sp.

Taxonavigation

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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Merostomata
Ordo: Xiphosura
Subordines (2): Xiphosurida - †Synziphosurida

Overview of familiae (1 + †)

Limulidae

Selected references

• Lamsdell, J.C. 2013: Revised systematics of Palaeozoic ‘horseshoe crabs’ and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society, 167(1): 1-27. doi: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x
• Rudkin, D.M.; Young, G.A. 2009: Horseshoe crabs – an ancient ancestry revealed. Pp. 25-44 in: Tanacredi, J.T. et al. (eds.) Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs, Part 1 doi: 10.1007/978-0-387-89959-6_2

Vernacular names

български: Мечоопашати
Deutsch: Pfeilschwanzkrebse
Ελληνικά: Ξιφοσουρίδια
italiano: Xifosuri
magyar: Tőrfarkúak
Nederlands: Degenkrabben
polski: Ostrogony
русский: Мечехвосты
ไทย: แมงดาทะเล

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