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Limulus oculatus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Taxonomy
Limulus oculatus was named by Kutorga (1838). It is not extant. Its type locality is Dourassoff Eurypterid, which is in an Artinskian terrestrial sandstone in the Kupfersandsteins Formation of the Russian Federation. It is the type species of Campylocephalus.

It was recombined as Campylocephalus oculatus by Eichwald (1860), Waterston (1957) and Braddy et al. (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Limulus oculatus Kutorga
1860Campylocephalus oculatus Eichwald p. 1360
1957Campylocephalus oculatus Waterston
2023Campylocephalus oculatus Braddy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—EcdysozoaAguinaldo et al. 1997
—Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
—Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
—EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
RankNameAuthor
—Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
subfamilyLimulinae(Leach 1819)
genusLimulusMuller 1785
speciesoculatus

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Limulus oculatus Kutorga 1838
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: nektobenthicc
Diet: carnivorec
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2010-02-05 01:13:59
Modified: 2010-02-22 02:35:37
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Jell and Adrain 2002
Collections
No collection or age range data are available