IRMNG - Limulidae Zittel, 1885

IRMNG taxon details

Limulidae Zittel, 1885

IRMNG_ID

104371 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:104371)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Xiphosurida

Synonymised names

Heterolimulidae Vía Boada & Villalta, 1966 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym

Xiphosuridae · unaccepted

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Genus Allolimulus Lamsdell, 2020 †
Genus Carcinoscorpius Pocock, 1902
Genus Casterolimulus Holland, Erickson & O'Brien, 1975 †
Genus Crenatolimulus Feldmann, Schweitzer, Dattilo & Farlow, 2011 †
Genus Heterolimulus Vía Boada & de Villalta, 1966 †
Genus Keuperlimulus Lamsdell, 2020 †
Genus Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785
Genus Mesolimulus Størmer, 1952 †
Genus Ostenolimulus Lamsdell, Teruzzi, Pasini & Garassino, 2021 †
Genus Tachypleus Leach, 1819
Genus Tarracolimulus Romero & Vía Boada, 1977 †
Genus Victalimulus Riek & Gill, 1971 †
Genus Volanalimulus Lamsdell, 2020 †
Genus Yunnanolimulus Zhang, Hu, Zhou, Lü & Bai, 2009 †
Genus Limula Rafinesque, 1815 accepted as Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785
Genus Xiphosura Gronovius, 1764 accepted as Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785
Genus Guangyuanolimulus Hu et al., 2022 † (uncertain, Unclear whether publication was registered in Zoobank)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Limulidae Zittel, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=104371 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-19 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2012-01-29 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

2023-10-31 04:02:09Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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basis of record Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes. [details]

extant flag source Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. [details]

From other sources

Classification Eukaryota (Superkingdom) > Animalia (Kingdom) > Eumetazoa (Subkingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Merostomata (Class) > Xiphosura (Order) > Limulidae (Family) [details]

Descriptive info Horseshoe crabs, marine (Parker). Benton, 1993 habitat flag(s): MF; stratigraphic range: Triassic (Scythian)-Holocene (?Recent) [details]

Habitat Marine and nonmarine [details]

To WoRMS
To WoRMS (from synonym Xiphosuridae)