Species list, Checklist of Subfamily Limulinae for Eurasia (Continents)

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Checklist for Subfamily Limulinae Leach, 1819
and region Eurasia (Continents)

Class	Merostomata Woodward, 1866 Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates	26 86 209	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Xiphosura Latreille, 1802 Horseshoe crabs	11 28 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Xiphosurida ♰ Pearce, 1936	7 17 35	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Limulina Richter & Richter, 1929	4 9 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Limulidae Leach, 1819 Horseshoe Crab, Horseshoe crabs, Modern Horseshoe crabs	6 14	Genera Species	Taxom
Subfamily	Limulinae Leach, 1819	3 10	Genera Species	Taxom

Genera for Eurasia
3 Genera with 10 Species

Species list for Eurasia
10 Species

Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda Latreille, 1802	Horseshoe Crab
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 Eurasia

Tribe	Limulini Zittel, 1885	1 7	Genus Species	Taxom
Tribe	Tachypleini Pocock, 1902	2 3	Genera Species	Taxom

Links, sources and further information

Limulinae at marinespecies.org