Merostomata

Limulidae sp.

Taxonavigation

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Superphylum: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Classis: Merostomata
Ordines: Xiphosura – †Chasmataspidida – †Eurypterida

Name

Merostomata Dana, 1852

Synonymy

• Merostomata Dana, 1852: 14; Woodward, 1866: 8

References

Primary references

• Dana, J.D. 1852. Crustacea. Part I. United States Exploring Expedition, during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842, under the command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N. 13: [i]–viii, 1–685. C. Sherman, Philadelphia. BHL Reference page. 
• Woodward, H. 1866. A monograph of the British fossil Crustacea, belonging to the order Merostomata. Part I. [Pterygotus anglicus, Agassiz.] Monograph of the Palaeontographical Society 19: i–ix, 1–44. BHL. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Størmer, L. 1955. Merostomata. In: Moore, R.C. (ed.): Treatise on Inver­tebrate Paleontology, P, Arthropoda 2, P4–P41. Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press, Lawrence, Kansas. DOI: 10.17161/dt.v0i0.5345 .

Vernacular names

• беларуская: Мерастомавыя
• čeština: Hrotnatci
• Ελληνικά: Μηροστόμα (Μερόστομα)
• español: Merostomados
• français: Mérostome
• italiano: Merostomi
• 日本語: カブトガニ綱
• polski: Staroraki
• தமிழ்: குதிரைவாலி நண்டுகள்
• ไทย: เมอโรสโทมาทา

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