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

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Flies	Isopods
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Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
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Checklist for Infraorder Limulina Richter & Richter, 1929
and region North America (America)

Class	Merostomata Woodward, 1866 Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates	25 79 151	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 Horseshoe crabs	10 19 23	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 North America
2 Families width 8 Species

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

Genera for North America
5 Genera with 8 Species

Crenatolimulus Feldmann, Sc..., 2011		1	Species	Taxom
Limulus Mueller, 1758		2	Species	Taxom
Paleolimulus Dunbar, 1904		3	Species	Taxom
Panduralimulus Allen & Feld..., 2005	horseshoe crab	1	Species	Taxom
Tachypleus Leach, 1785		1	Species	Taxom

Species list for North 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 North 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