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Merostomata 
Taxonomic Serial No.: 82698

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Class  
  Synonym(s): Xiphosura
 
    Euchelicerata
 
    Xiphosura
 
  Common Name(s): horseshoe crabs [English]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
  Global Species Completeness: complete   
  Latest Record Review: 2024   
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassMerostomata  – horseshoe crabs  
    Direct Children:  
                      OrderXiphosura   
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Richard C. Brusca   
  Notes: Adjunct Professor, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721   
  Reference for: Merostomata    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: NODC Taxonomic Code, database (version 8.0)  
  Acquired: 1996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Merostomata   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Giribet, Gonzalo, and G. Hormiga, revisers, in Brusca, Richard C., Gonzalo Giribet, and Wendy Moore   
  Publication Date: 2022   
  Article/Chapter Title: Chapter 24: Phylum Arthropoda: Subphylum Chelicerata   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Invertebrates, Fourth Edition   
  Page(s): 801-855   
  Publisher: Sinauer Associates, Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: Sunderland, Massachusetts, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 9780197554418   
  Notes: Chapter revised by Gonzalo Giribet and Gustavo Hormiga   
  Reference for: Merostomata   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Tudge, Colin   
  Publication Date: 2000   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Variety of Life   
  Page(s): 684   
  Publisher: Oxford University Press   
  Publication Place: New York, New York, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-19-850311-3   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Merostomata   
       

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