Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Limulinae for Continents

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Checklist for Subfamily Limulinae Leach, 1819
and region Continents

Class	Merostomata Woodward, 1866 Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates	28 124 363	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 Horseshoe crabs	13 39 68	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Xiphosurida ♰ Pearce, 1936	8 25 53	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Limulina Richter & Richter, 1929	5 13 23	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Limulidae Leach, 1819 Horseshoe Crab, Horseshoe crabs, Modern Horseshoe crabs	7 16	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Limulinae Leach, 1819	3 11	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Continents
3 Genera with 11 Species

Species list for Continents
11 Species

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda Latreille, 1802	Horseshoe Crab
Limulus coffini Reeside & Ha..., 1952
Limulus darwini Kin & BÅ‚aÅ¼..., 2014
Limulus nathorsti
Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758	American Horseshoe Crab
Limulus priscus Münster, 1839
Limulus rotundicauda (Latreille, 1817)	⇒ Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda Latreille, 1802
Limulus walchi
Limulus woodwardi Watson, 1909
Tachypleus gigas Müller, 1785	Coastal horseshoe crab
Tachypleus tridentatus Leach, 1819	Chinese Horseshoe Crab

Subnodes of Limulinae with occurrences in Continents

Tribe	Limulini Zittel, 1885	1 8	Genus Species	Taxom
Tribe	Tachypleini Pocock, 1902	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Limulinae at marinespecies.org