WoRMS name details
Xiphosuridae
150510 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:150510)
unaccepted (synonym)
Family
- Genus Xiphosura Gronovius, 1764 accepted as Limulus O.F. Müller, 1785 (synonym)
marine
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Xiphosuridae. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=150510 on 2025-10-08
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Nomenclature
Unreviewed
Synonymy Family Limulidae is treated in NEAT as a synonym of Xiphosuridae; since Limulus is the accepted genus name, not Xiphosura, Limulidae is treated as the accepted name here. [details]
