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Checklist for Order Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 (Horseshoe crabs)
and region Silurian (Paleozoic)


Class
 
Merostomata
Woodward, 1866
Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates
13
54
166
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Xiphosura
Latreille, 1802
Horseshoe crabs
2
5
2
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Silurian
2 Families width 2 Species
Bunodidae Packard, 18861SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniscidae Packard, 18861SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Silurian
4 Genera with 2 Species
Bunodes Eichwald, 18541SpeciesTaxom
Cyamocephalus Currie, 1927
0SpeciesTaxom
Pasternakevia Selden & Dry..., 1987
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoniscus Nieszkowski, 18591SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Silurian
2 Species
Bunodes lunula ♰ Eichwald, 1854
Pseudoniscus aculeatus ♰ Nieszkowski, 1859

Subnodes of Xiphosura with occurrences in Silurian
SuborderSynziphosurida ♰
Bergstrom, 1968
2
4
2
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom

SuborderXiphosurida ♰
Pearce, 1936
0
1
0
Families
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