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Horseshoe Crab Family

Limulidae

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Limulidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1 and EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1
Reference taxon from EOL Dynamic Hierarchy Trunk
Limulidae
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9, Wikimedia Commons, Wikimedia Commons, wikipedia 中文维基百科, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia 한국어 위키백과, wikipedia DE, wikipedia NL, wikipedia POL, wikipedia VI, wikipedia CZ, Wikidata, Wikidata, Wikidata, wikipedia FI, wikipedia CA, wikipedia SV, wikipedia PT, wikipedia ID, wikipedia hr Croatian, wikipedia DA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia LA, wikipedia MS, wikipedia SK, NCBI, Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy, wikipedia EO, Biopix Nature Photos, wikipedia IT, wikipedia ES, wikipedia EN, wikipedia emerging languages, wikipedia gl Galician, GBIF classification, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, wikipedia FR, Wikipedia (inferred records), Barcode of Life Data Systems, and NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage
Limulidae
Recognized by iNaturalist, Flickr Group, Conabio, Animal Diversity Web, IUCN, China Species List, Germany Species List, Malaysia Species List, Singapore Species List, Thailand Species List, Japan Species List, English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, United States Species List, Bay of Bengal Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of Thailand Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, North Atlantic Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, South China Sea Species List, Furui 2020, Furui 2020, and OBIS environmental data records
Limulidae Leach 1819
Family recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Alternative Names

? danae Meek & Worthen, 1865
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Limulidae
Harvest ancestor according to Arkive, EOL authors, FAO Fishery Statistics, World Register of Marine Species, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Mesolimulus Størmer 1952
Doubtful according to GBIF classification

Common Names

English

Horseshoe crab
prefer
Recognized by Wikidata (prefers this name)
Horseshoe crab family preferred
Recognized by dancin_arkansan and admin
horseshoe crabs preferred
Recognized by English Vernaculars for Landmark Taxa

Arabic

سرطان حدوة الحصان preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bengali

লিমুলাস preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Catalan; Valencian

limúlids preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Croatian

Rak bodljaš preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Danish

Dolkhale preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Dutch; Flemish

Degenkrabben preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Esperanto

Hufumkraboj preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Galician

Limúlidos preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Georgian

მახვილკუდანი preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

German

Pfeilschwanzkrebse preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hebrew

סרטני פרסת הסוס preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hindi

घोदे की नाल केकदा preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Hungarian

Tőrfarkú rákfélék preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Indonesian

Belangkas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Italian

Limulidi preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Japanese

カブトガニ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
カブトガニ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020, World Register of Marine Species, Furui 2020, piaf, and admin

Javanese

Belangkas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kannada

ಹಾರ್ಷೋ ಕ್ರಾಬ್ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Семсер құйрық preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Malay

Belangkas preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Táłtłʼááh séigoʼ bitsʼaʼígíí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

خرچنگ نعلی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Ostrogony preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Sanskrit

हारिस कर्क preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Slovak

Hrotnáčovité preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Spanish; Castilian

Cangrejo de herradura preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Swedish

Dolksvansar preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tamil

குதிரைலாட நண்டு preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Thai

แมงดาทะเล preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Unspecified

Háu preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Họ Sam preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Azb

لیمولیده preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
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Curated hierarchies for Limulidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Chelicerata
Merostomata
Xiphosurida
Limulina
Limulidae (this page)
Carcinoscorpius
Limulus
Tachypleus
Austrolimulidae
Rolfeiidae

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 0.9

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Chelicerata
Xiphosura
Xiphosurida
Limulina
Limulidae (this page)
Belinurus
Crenatolimulus paluxyensis Feldmann et al.
Euproops Meek 1867
Limulinae Leach 1819
Palaeolimulus
Psammolimulus Lange 1922
Tachypleinae Pocock 1902
Victalimulus Riek & Gill 1971
Weinbergina Richter 1929
Austrolimulidae
Moravuridae
Paleolimulidae
Rolfeiidae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Merostomata
Xiphosurida
Limulidae (this page)
Belinurus König 1825
Carcinoscorpius Pocock 1902
Crenatolimulus Feldmann, Schweitzer, Dattilo & Farlow 2011
Euproops Meek 1867
Limulus Müller 1785
Psammolimulus Lange 1922
Tachypleus Leach 1819
Victalimulus Riek & Gill 1971
Weinbergina Richter & Richter 1929
Bellinuridae
Casterolimulus Holland, Erickson & O'Brien 1975
Euproopidae
Limulites Schimper et al. 1850
Paleolimulidae

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Chelicerata
Xiphosura
Xiphosurida
Limulina
Limulidae (this page)
Carcinoscorpius Pocock 1902
Limulus Müller 1785
Tachypleus Leach 1819

IUCN

Animalia
Arthropoda
Merostomata
Xiphosura
Limulidae (this page)
Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda (Latreille 1802)
Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus 1758)
Tachypleus gigas (Müller 1785)
Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach 1819)

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Chelicerata
Merostomata
Xiphosura
Limulidae (this page)
Carcinoscorpius
Limulus
Tachypleus

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Arthropoda
Merostomata
Xiphosurida
Limulidae Leach 1819 (this page)
Limulidae
Xiphosurida incertae sedis

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Arthropoda
Merostomata
Xiphosurida
Limulidae (this page)
Carcinoscorpius
Carcinoscorpius Pocock 1902
Limulinae Leach 1819
Limulus
Limulus O. F. Müller 1785
Tachypleinae Pocock 1902
Tachypleus
Tachypleus Leach 1819
Limulidae Leach 1819
Xiphosurida incertae sedis
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