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Checklist for Order Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 (Horseshoe crabs)
and region America (Continents)


Class
 
Merostomata
Woodward, 1866
Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates
25
81
156
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Xiphosura
Latreille, 1802
Horseshoe crabs
10
20
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for America
10 Families width 25 Species
Euproopidae Eller, 193810SpeciesTaxom
Belinuridae Zittel and E..., 19131SpeciesTaxom
Bellinuridae Zittel & Eas..., 19132SpeciesTaxom
Bunodidae Packard, 18860SpeciesTaxom
Limulidae Leach, 1819Horseshoe Crab4SpeciesTaxom
Diploaspididae Størmer, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Kasibelinuridae Pickett, 19930SpeciesTaxom
Weinberginidae Richter & Ri..., 19292SpeciesTaxom
Paleolimulidae Raymond, 19444SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniscidae Packard, 18860SpeciesTaxom


Genera for America
18 Genera with 25 Species
Anacontium Raymond, 19442SpeciesTaxom
Belinurus König, 01SpeciesTaxom
Bellinurus Meek & Worthen, 18852SpeciesTaxom
Bunodes Eichwald, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Crenatolimulus Feldmann, Sc..., 20111SpeciesTaxom
Diploaspis Stormer, 20161SpeciesTaxom
Euproops Meek, 19446SpeciesTaxom
Kasibelinurus Pickett, 1993
0SpeciesTaxom
Legrandella Eldredge, 19742SpeciesTaxom
Limulus Mueller, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Liomesaspis Raymond, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Paleolimulus Dunbar, 19043SpeciesTaxom
Panduralimulus Allen & Feld..., 2005horseshoe crab1SpeciesTaxom
Pringlia Raymond, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Protolimulus Packard, 1886
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniscus Nieszkowski, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Tachypleus Leach, 17851SpeciesTaxom
Willwerathia Stormer, 1969
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for America
25 Species
Anacontium brevis Raymond, 1944
Anacontium carpenteri Raymond, 1944
Belinurus lacaei
Bellinurus danae Meek & Worthen, 1865
Bellinurus lacoei A. S. Packard, 1885
Crenatolimulus paluxyensis Feldmann et al., 2011
Diploaspis praecursor Lamsdell & B..., 2016
Euproops amia Woodward, 1918
Euproops danae T. Ambrose, 1972
Euproops darrahi Raymond, 1944
Euproops laevicula Raymond, 1944
Euproops laticephalus Raymond, 1944
Euproops thompsoni Raymond, 1944
Legrandella lombardi Eldredge, 1974
Legrandella lombardii (Eldredge, 1974)⇒ Legrandella lombardi Eldredge, 1974
Limulus coffini Reeside & Ha..., 1952
Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758American Horseshoe Crab
Liomesaspis laevis Raymond, 1944
Paleolimulus avitus Dunbar, 1923
Paleolimulus longispinus F. R. Schram, 1979
Paleolimulus signatus C. E. Beecher, 1904
Panduralimulus babcocki J. G. Allen, 2005Horseshoe crab
Pringlia bispinosa Raymond, 1944
Tachypleus gigas Müller, 1785Coastal horseshoe crab

Subnodes of Xiphosura with occurrences in America
SuborderSynziphosurida
Bergstrom, 1968
4
5
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderXiphosurida
Pearce, 1936
5
13
21
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyDiploaspididae
Størmer, 1972
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Xiphosura at horseshoecrab.org
Xiphosura at gbif.org
Xiphosura at irmng.org
Xiphosura at itis.gov
Xiphosura at marinespecies.org