Xiphosura

Taxonavigation

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
Subordines (2): Xiphosurida – †Synziphosurida

Name

Xiphosura Latreille, 1802

References

Additional 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 . Reference page.
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

беларуская: Мечахвосты
български: Мечоопашати
Deutsch: Pfeilschwanzkrebse
Ελληνικά: Ξιφοσουρίδια
français: Xiphosure
magyar: Tőrfarkúak
italiano: Xifosuri
Nederlands: Degenkrabachtigen
polski: Ostrogony
русский: Мечехвосты
ไทย: แมงดาทะเล

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