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Merostomata

AphiaID

150507 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150507)

Classification

Authority

Woodward, 1866

Status

accepted

Rank

Class

Parent

Chelicerata

Direct children (1)

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Order Xiphosurida

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

WoRMS (2026). Merostomata. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150507 on 2026-08-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-04-04 08:20:42Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2010-02-19 16:39:15Z

checked

Boxshall, Geoff

Licensing

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Nomenclature

basis of record Hansson, H. (2004). North East Atlantic Taxa (NEAT): Nematoda. Internet pdf Ed. Aug 1998. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	horseshoe crabs	[details]
Japanese	節口綱	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Merostomata)
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