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Limulidae Leach, 1819 
AphiaID: 150511

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Merostomata (Class) > Xiphosurida (Order)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Xiphosurida
Synonymised
taxa		  Xiphosuridae (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Subfamily Limulinae Leach, 1819
  » Genus Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785
Subfamily Tachypleinae Pocock, 1902
  » Genus Carcinoscorpius Pocock, 1902
» Genus Tachypleus Leach, 1819
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150511
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
2005-04-04 08:20:42Z  created  Cuvelier, Daphne
2010-02-19 16:39:15Z  checked  Boxshall, Geoff
2013-02-04 11:09:20Z  changed  Boxshall, Geoff
  
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  Citation: Boxshall, G. (2013). Limulidae. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150511 on 2013-05-20
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