Species list, Checklist of Order Xiphosura (Horseshoe crabs) for Scandinavia (North Europe)

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Checklist for Order Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 (Horseshoe crabs)
and region Scandinavia (North Europe)

Class	Merostomata Woodward, 1866 Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates	7 21 25	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 Horseshoe crabs	2 3 3	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Scandinavia
2 Families width 3 Species

Bunodidae Packard, 1886		0	Species	Taxom
Limulidae Leach, 1819	Horseshoe Crab	2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Scandinavia
2 Genera with 3 Species

Bunodes Eichwald, 1854		0	Species	Taxom
Limulus Mueller, 1758		2	Species	Taxom

Species list for Scandinavia
3 Species

Limulus nathorsti
Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758	American Horseshoe Crab

Subnodes of Xiphosura with occurrences in Scandinavia

Suborder	Synziphosurida ♰ Bergstrom, 1968	1 1 0	Family Genus Species	Taxom
Suborder	Xiphosurida ♰ Pearce, 1936	1 1 2	Family 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