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Checklist for Suborder Xiphosurida Pearce, 1936
and region North Carolina (USA)


Class
 		Merostomata
Woodward, 1866
Horseshoe crabs, Merostomates		2
2
2		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 

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

Suborder
 		Xiphosurida ♰
Pearce, 1936
2
2
2		Families
Genera
Species		 
Taxom
 


List of families for North Carolina
2 Families width 2 Species
Limulidae Leach, 1819Horseshoe Crab1SpeciesTaxom
Paleolimulidae Raymond, 19441SpeciesTaxom


Genera for North Carolina
2 Genera with 2 Species
Limulus Mueller, 17581SpeciesTaxom
Paleolimulus Dunbar, 19041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Carolina
2 Species
Limulus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758American Horseshoe Crab
Paleolimulus signatus ♰ C. E. Beecher, 1904

Subnodes of Xiphosurida with occurrences in North Carolina
InfraorderLimulina
Richter & Richter, 1929
2
2
2		Families
Genera
Species
Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Xiphosurida at artfakta.se
Xiphosurida at dyntaxa.se
Xiphosurida at gbif.org
Xiphosurida at marinespecies.org