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Checklist for Order Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 (Horseshoe crabs)
and region France (West Europe)


Class
 		Merostomata
Woodward, 1866
Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates		4
8
7		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

Order
 		Xiphosura
Latreille, 1802
Horseshoe crabs		3
6
5		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for France
3 Families width 5 Species
Bunodidae Packard, 18860SpeciesTaxom
Limulidae Leach, 1819Horseshoe Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Euproopidae Eller, 19381SpeciesTaxom


Genera for France
3 Genera with 5 Species
Bunodes Eichwald, 1854
0SpeciesTaxom
Limulus Mueller, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Liomesaspis Raymond, 19441SpeciesTaxom


Species list for France
5 Species
Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758American Horseshoe Crab
Liomesaspis laevis ♰ Raymond, 1944

Subnodes of Xiphosura with occurrences in France
SuborderSynziphosurida ♰
Bergstrom, 1968
1
1
0		Family
Genus
Species
Taxom

SuborderXiphosurida ♰
Pearce, 1936
2
4
4		Families
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