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Limulus
Sign in to saveLimulus is a genus of horseshoe crab, with one extant species, the Atlantic horseshoe crab (Limulus polyphemus). One fossil species is currently assigned to the genus though several other species have been named, which have since been assigned to other genera.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMerostomata
- OrderXiphosurida
- FamilyLimulidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded36,919
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 36
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Limulidae
- Collections
- YPM, CAS, USNM, NRM, GNM, NHMUK
- Recorded in
- Germany, United States, Bangladesh, Sweden, India, China, Malaysia
Wikidata facts
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- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Limulus
- Commons category
- Limulus polyphemus
- start time
- 244000000-
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