IRMNG - Xiphosurida

IRMNG taxon details

Xiphosurida

IRMNG_ID

11931042 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:11931042)

Classification

Authority

Latreille, 1802

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Xiphosura

Direct children (17)

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Family Austrolimulidae Riek, 1968 †
Family Belinuridae Zittel in Zittel & Eastman, 1913 †
Genus Bellinuroopsis Chernyshev, 1933 †
Family Limulidae Zittel, 1885
Family Paleolimulidae Raymond, 1944 †
Family Rolfeiidae Selden & Siveter, 1987 †
Genus Sloveniolimulus Bicknell, Žalohar, Miklavc, Celarc, Križnar & Hitij, 2019 †
Genus Valloisella Racheboeuf, 1992 †
Family Bellinuridae Zittel & Eastman, 1913 † accepted as Belinuridae Zittel in Zittel & Eastman, 1913 † (misspelling)
Family Liomesaspididae † accepted as Liomesaspidae Raymond, 1944 † accepted as Belinuridae Zittel in Zittel & Eastman, 1913 † (variant spelling)
Genus Neobelinuropsis Eller, 1938 † accepted as Bellinuroopsis Chernyshev, 1933 †
Family Xiphosuridae accepted as Limulidae Zittel, 1885
Family Euproopidae Eller, 1938 † accepted as Belinuridae Zittel in Zittel & Eastman, 1913 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Heterolimulidae Vía Boada & Villalta, 1966 † accepted as Limulidae Zittel, 1885 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Liomesaspidae Raymond, 1944 † accepted as Belinuridae Zittel in Zittel & Eastman, 1913 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Family Moravuridae Přibyl, 1967 † accepted as Paleolimulidae Raymond, 1944 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Albalimulus Bicknell & Pates, 2019 † (unaccepted > unavailable name, unregistered electronic publication)

Environment

marine, fresh

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic remark New class name for most xiphosurids, in conjunction with treatment of "Xiphosura" as order, not class (=former Merostomata...

Taxonomic remark New class name for most xiphosurids, in conjunction with treatment of "Xiphosura" as order, not class (=former Merostomata without eurypterids) [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2023). Xiphosurida. Accessed at: https://irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=11931042 on 2024-04-28

Taxonomic edit history

Date

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2023-10-31 04:02:09Z

created

Rees, Tony

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Sources (6)
Notes (1)

basis of record Lamsdell, J. C. (2012). Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x [details]

taxonomy source Lamsdell, J. C. (2012). Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x [details]

name verified source Lamsdell, J. C. (2012). Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x [details]

current name source Lamsdell, J. C. (2012). Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x [details]

extant flag source Lamsdell, J. C. (2012). Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x [details]

habitat flag source Lamsdell, J. C. (2012). Revised systematics of Palaeozoic 'horseshoe crabs' and the myth of monophyletic Xiphosura. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society. 167(1): 1-27., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2012.00874.x [details]

From other sources

Taxonomic remark New class name for most xiphosurids, in conjunction with treatment of "Xiphosura" as order, not class (=former Merostomata without eurypterids) [details]