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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Limulus
Müller, 1785
(arthropod)
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Entity:
Limulinae (Subfamily)
..†Crenatolimulus (Genus)
..Limulus (Genus)
....Limulus polyphemus (Species) - horseshoe crab
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
Müller, 1785, nom. cons.
Original name
:
Müller, O.F. 1785. Entomostraca: 124.
Subsequent publication
:
Fabricius, J.C. 1798.
Suppl. Ent. Syst.
: 333.
Attributes
Conserved name (nom. cons. [prop.]) [ICZN, 1999: Art. 81.1]
Ref:
[Anonymous], (2012)
: 416 (Opinion 104, 320).
Types
Type of
:
Limulidae
(Family)
Leach, 1819
Type of
:
Limulinae
(Subfamily)
Leach, 1819
Ref:
J.A. Dunlop et al. (comps.), 2023
: 15.
[inferred]
Type, by monotypy
:
Limulus polyphemus
(Linnaeus, 1758)
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Polyphemus
(Genus)
Montfort, 1810, nom. illeg.
Ref:
PBDB
: 10 Feb 2021.
Synonymous name
:
Xiphosura
(Order)
Latreille, 1802
Ref:
PBDB
: 5 Dec 2020.
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Molukkenkreeften
:
degenkrabben
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