Limulus Muller 1785 (horseshoe crab)
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Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Synonyms: Polyphemus Lamarck 1801, Xiphosura Gronovius 1764
Parent taxon: Limulinae according to R. D. C. Bicknell et al. 2021
See also Bergström 1975, Dunlop et al. 2012, Dunlop et al. 2020, Krzemiński et al. 2010, Lamsdell 2016, Lamsdell 2020, Novack-Gottshall and Plotnick 2021, Sepkoski 2002 and Størmer 1955
Sister taxon: Crenatolimulus
Subtaxa: Limulus coffini Limulus oculatus Limulus polyphemus
Type: Monoculus polyphemus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Fossil Ridge (Cretaceous of Colorado)
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