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Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785 
AphiaID: 150512

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Chelicerata (Subphylum) > Merostomata (Class) > Xiphosurida (Order) > Limulidae (Family) > Limulinae (Subfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Genus
Parent Limulinae Leach, 1819
Synonymised
taxa		  Xiphosura Gronovius, 1764 (synonym)
Sources  basis of record: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details]

Direct child
taxa
[show all]		 Species Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)

Species Limulus albus Bosc, 1802 accepted as Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Limulus americanus Leach, 1819 accepted as Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Limulus cyclops Fabricius, 1793 accepted as Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Limulus gigas O.F. Müller, 1785 accepted as Tachypleus gigas (O. F. Müller, 1785)
Species Limulus heterodactylus Latreille, 1802 accepted as Tachypleus gigas (O. F. Müller, 1785)
Species Limulus latreilli Leach, 1819 accepted as Tachypleus gigas (O. F. Müller, 1785)
Species Limulus longispina van der Hoeven, 1838 accepted as Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819)
Species Limulus macleaii Leach, 1819 accepted as Tachypleus gigas (O. F. Müller, 1785)
Species Limulus moluccanus Latreille, 1802 accepted as Tachypleus gigas (O. F. Müller, 1785)
Species Limulus occidentalis Lamarck, 1801 accepted as Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Limulus rotundicauda Latreille, 1817 accepted as Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille, 1802)
Species Limulus sowerbii Leach, 1815 accepted as Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Species Limulus tridentatus Leach, 1819 accepted as Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819)
Species Limulus viriscens Latreille, 1806 accepted as Tachypleus gigas (O. F. Müller, 1785)
Environment marine
Links To GenBank
To ITIS
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150512
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). Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150512 on 2013-05-18
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