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Limulus  Müller, 1785
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82702

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Genus  
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2019   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassEuchelicerata   
                      SubclassXiphosura   
                         OrderXiphosurida   
                            SuborderLimulina   
                               FamilyLimulidae  – horseshoe crabs  
                                  GenusLimulus Müller, 1785  
    Direct Children:  
                                     SpeciesLimulus polyphemus (Linnaeus, 1758) – Atlantic horseshoe crab, American horseshoe crab 
       

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  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
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  Reference for: Limulus   
       
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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Lamsdell, James C.   
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title: Horseshoe crab phylogeny and independent colonizations of fresh water: ecological invasion as a driver for morphological innovation   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Palaeontology, vol. 59, no. 2   
  Page(s): 181-194   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1475-4983   
  Notes: doi: 10.1111/pala.12220   
  Reference for: Limulus   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Obst, Matthias, Sĝren Faurby, Somchai Bussarawit, and Peter Funch   
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of extant horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura, Limulidae) indicates Paleogene diversification of Asian species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 62, no. 1   
  Page(s): 21-26   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.025   
  Reference for: Limulus   
       

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