Species list, Checklist of Infraorder Limulina for America (Continents)

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Checklist for Infraorder Limulina Richter & Richter, 1929
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
Suborder	Xiphosurida ♰ Pearce, 1936	5 13 21	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Limulina Richter & Richter, 1929	2 5 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for America
2 Families width 8 Species

Limulidae Leach, 1819	Horseshoe Crab	4	Species	Taxom
Paleolimulidae Raymond, 1944		4	Species	Taxom

Genera for America
5 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for America
8 Species

Crenatolimulus paluxyensis Feldmann et al., 2011
Limulus coffini Reeside & Ha..., 1952
Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758	American Horseshoe Crab
Paleolimulus avitus ♰ Dunbar, 1923
Paleolimulus longispinus ♰ F. R. Schram, 1979
Paleolimulus signatus ♰ C. E. Beecher, 1904
Panduralimulus babcocki ♰ J. G. Allen, 2005	Horseshoe crab
Tachypleus gigas Müller, 1785	Coastal horseshoe crab

Subnodes of Limulina with occurrences in America

Superfamily	Paleolimuloidea ♰ Anderson & Selden, 1997	1 2 4	Family Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Limulidae Leach, 1819 Horseshoe Crab, Horseshoe crabs, Modern Horseshoe crabs	3 4	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Limulina at itis.gov