Species list, Checklist of Order Xiphosura (Horseshoe crabs) for Asia (Eurasia)

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Checklist for Order Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 (Horseshoe crabs)
and region Asia (Eurasia)

Class	Merostomata Woodward, 1866 Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates	6 16 15	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 Horseshoe crabs	2 6 6	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Asia
2 Families width 6 Species

Bunodidae Packard, 1886		0	Species	Taxom
Limulidae Leach, 1819	Horseshoe Crab	5	Species	Taxom

Genera for Asia
5 Genera with 6 Species

Species list for Asia
6 Species

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda Latreille, 1802	Horseshoe Crab
Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758	American Horseshoe Crab
Limulus rotundicauda (Latreille, 1817)	⇒ Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda Latreille, 1802
Tachypleus gigas Müller, 1785	Coastal horseshoe crab
Tachypleus tridentatus Leach, 1819	Chinese Horseshoe Crab

Subnodes of Xiphosura with occurrences in Asia

Suborder	Synziphosurida ♰ Bergstrom, 1968	1 1 0	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Xiphosurida ♰ Pearce, 1936	1 4 5	Family Genera 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