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    Horseshoe crab (redirect from Limulidae)
    Horseshoe crabs are marine and brackish water arthropods of the family Limulidae and are the only surviving xiphosurans. Despite their name, they are not...
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    horseshoe crabs (a name applied more specifically to the only extant family, Limulidae). They first appeared in the Hirnantian (Late Ordovician). Currently,...
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    genus of south, southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae. There are two extant (living) species: Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785)...
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    Mark L. (2021-03-02). Zhang, Xi‐Guang (ed.). "Critical re‐evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1525–1556...
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    by sea turtles. The other three extant (living) species in the family Limulidae are also called horseshoe crabs, but they are restricted to Asia. Despite...
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    (eds.). "Mangrove horseshoe crab, Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda, family Limulidae". A Guide to Mangroves of Singapore 1. Guide to the Mangroves of Singapore...
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    Mark L. (2021-03-02). Zhang, Xi‐Guang (ed.). "Critical re‐evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1525–1556...
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    Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Order: Xiphosura Family: Limulidae Genus: Tachypleus Species: T. gigas Binomial name Tachypleus gigas (Müller...
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    Horseshoe crabs (only 4 living species of the class Xiphosura, family Limulidae) Lingula anatina (an inarticulate brachiopod) Liphistiidae (trapdoor spiders)...
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    and it lived in freshwater environments. It is a member of the family Limulidae, and is placed as a close relative of Victalimulus from the Early Cretaceous...
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    wash up on beaches. The horseshoe crab is an arthropod of the family Limulidae. The shells or exuviae of these arachnid relatives are common in beach...
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    Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Order: Xiphosura Family: Limulidae Genus: Tachypleus Species: T. tridentatus Binomial name Tachypleus tridentatus...
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    The Nusplingen Limestone (German: Nusplingen Plattenkalk) is a geological formation in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It preserves fossils dating to the Kimmeridgian...
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    brackish environments. They are considered to be the sister group to Limulidae, the group that contains all modern horseshoe crabs. †Austrolimulus Riek...
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  • freemanorum of Australia. A member of the extant Horseshoe crab family, Limulidae; Guangyuanolimulus appears at the end of the period. On land, gorgonopsians...
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    number of extinct lineages and only four recent species in the family Limulidae, which include the horseshoe crabs. Arthropods total about 1,113,000 described...
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    Tracks Theropods Theropod Footprints of the ichnofamily Grallatoridae. Limulidae Indeterminate Lisbon Valley Oilfield tracksite Trackways Moving Tracks...
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  • February 2, 2008 (February 2, 2008) 408 Species featured: Red knot and Limulidae "Arctic Bears" February 17, 2008 (February 17, 2008) 409 "What Females...
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    Mark L. (March 2021). Zhang, Xi-Guang (ed.). "Critical re-evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1525–1556...
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  • A malacostracan crustacean Ligulacaris L. parisiana A thylacocephalan Limulidae? Gen. et sp. indet. A xiphosuran chelicerate Litogaster L. turnbullensis...
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    Phylum Class Order Family Genus Arthropoda Chelicerata Xiphosura Limulidae Tachypleus...
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    subclass. Although Frederick M'Coy did note that Pterygotus resembled the Limulidae and the previously discovered eurypterid Eurypterus in 1849, he classified...
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    Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Chelicerata Order: Xiphosura Family: Limulidae Genus: †Victalimulus Riek & Gill, 1971 Species: †V. mcqueeni Binomial...
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    Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Order: Xiphosura Suborder: Xiphosurida Family: Limulidae Subfamily: Limulinae Tribe: Tachypleini Pocock, 1902 Genera Carcinoscorpius...
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    complete specimen Osteno Outcrop A horseshoe crab, member of the family Limulidae. This genus represents the oldest Jurassic limulid and only the second...
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  • In August 2018, the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species identified 6086 Vulnerable species, subspecies and varieties, stocks and sub-populations in the...
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  • Wings, O.; Hitij, T.; Botton, M. L. (2021). "Critical re-evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1525–1556...
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    Mark L. (August 2021). Zhang, Xi‐Guang (ed.). "Critical re‐evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1525–1556...
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    Notes Images Limulidae Limulidae Indeterminate Śmiłów Quarry Unknown, only Cited A marine/brackish Horseshoe crab, member of the family Limulidae inside Xiphosurida...
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    and Euphoberiidae Xiphosurans (horseshoe crabs): Albalimulus bottoni (Limulidae), Rolfeia fouldenensis (Paleolimulidae) Scorpions: Gigantoscorpio cf....
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