| Limulus | |
|---|---|
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| Modern L. polyphemus compared to the very similar Jurassic L. darwini | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | Limulidae |
| Genus: | Limulus O. F. Müller, 1785 |
| Type species | |
| Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Limulus is a genus of horseshoe crab, with one extant species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). Many fossil species are known, many of which have since been assigned to other genera.[1]
Currently valid species include:[2]
- Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758)
- Limulus coffini† Reeside & Harris, 1952- Cretaceous, United States
- Limulus darwini† Kin & Błażejowski, 2014- Jurassic, Poland[3]
- Limulus priscus† Münster, 1839- Triassic, Germany
- Limulus woodwardi† Watson, 1909- Jurassic, England
Doubtful species include:[2]
Tentative species:[2]
- "Limulus" decheni† Zinken, 1862- Paleogene, Germany (considered by some intermediate between Limulus and Tachypleus)[2]
References
- ^ S., Leif (1952). "Phylogeny and Taxonomy of Fossil Horseshoe Crabs". Journal of Paleontology. SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. 26 (4): 630–640. JSTOR 1299851.
- ^ a b c d Dunlop, J. A., Penney, D. & Jekel, D. 2013. A summary list of fossil spiders and their relatives. In Platnick, N. I. (ed.) The world spider catalog, version 14.0 American Museum of Natural History, online at http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog/index.html
- ^ Kin, Adrian; Błażejowski, Błażej (2014). "The Horseshoe Crab of the Genus Limulus: Living Fossil or Stabilomorph?". PLoS ONE. 9 (10): e108036. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0108036. PMC 4183490. PMID 25275563.