IRMNG - Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785

IRMNG taxon details

Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785

IRMNG_ID

1331221 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1331221)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Limulidae Zittel, 1885

Synonymised names

Limula Rafinesque, 1815 · unaccepted

Xiphosura Gronovius, 1764 · unaccepted

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Species Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Limulus walchi
Species Limulus pennigerum Müller, 1785 accepted as Prosopistoma foliaceus (Fourcroy, 1785)
Species Limulus rotundicauda Latreille, 1817 accepted as Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille, 1802)

Environment

marine

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Entom.
page(s): 124 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as O.F. Müller, 1785. Available name (validated by ICZN).

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as O.F. Müller, 1785. Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2025). Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1331221 on 2026-07-19

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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original description Entom.
page(s): 124 [details]

basis of record SN2000/Brusca & Brusca, 1990 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

verified source for family Lamsdell, J. C. (2020). The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura. PeerJ. 8: e10431., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10431 [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source WoRMS (Mar 2013) [details]

current name source Lamsdell, J. C. (2020). The phylogeny and systematics of Xiphosura. PeerJ. 8: e10431., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10431 [details]

extant flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

habitat flag source Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363: 1-560., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10698313 [details]

original description (of Limula Rafinesque, 1815) Rafinesque, C.S. (1815). Analyse de la nature, ou tableau de l'universe et des corps organisés. Palermo: Jean Barravecchia. 224 pp., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/106607
page(s): 99 [details]

original description (of Xiphosura Gronovius, 1764) Gronovius, L.T. (1764). Zoophylacium Gronovianum fasciculus secundus exhibens enumerationem Insectorum quae in museo suo adservat, examini subjecit, systematice disposuit atque descripsit. Lugduni Batavorum 137–236 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/50229577
page(s): 220 [details]

Unreviewed

Descriptive info Marine, extant (?) + fossil: Triassic to Recent (Sepkoski 2002) [details]

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Taxonomic remark Authority cited elsewhere as O.F. Müller, 1785. Available name (validated by ICZN). [details]

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To WoRMS (from synonym Xiphosura Gronovius, 1764)