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Merostomata

Merostomata is a class in the phylum Arthropoda. This database currently files 15 species under it, 2 of them threatened.

Species filed
15
Threatened
2
Countries recorded
0
With a free photo
20%
Weight range
Not recorded

What is in Merostomata?

2 orders filed directly under this class.

  1. Xiphosurida

    atlantic horseshoe crab, mangrove horseshoe crab, horseshoe crab, horseshoe crab …

    13 species
  2. Xiphosura

    Maldybulakia angusi, Maldybulakia malcomlmi

    2 species

Best-known members of Merostomata

Ranked by popularity score.

How threatened is Merostomata?

3 of 15 species filed here have an IUCN category on record.

IUCN categorySpeciesShare of assessed
ENEndangered133%
VUVulnerable133%
DDData Deficient133%

All species in Merostomata

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Common nameScientific nameFamilyStatusWeightCountries
Atlantic horseshoe crabLimulus polyphemusLimulidaeVulnerableNot recordedNot recorded
Mangrove horseshoe crabCarcinoscorpius rotundicaudaLimulidaeData DeficientNot recordedNot recorded
Horseshoe crabTachypleus tridentatusLimulidaeEndangeredNot recordedNot recorded
Horseshoe crabTachypleus gigasLimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedCasterolimulus klettiLimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedDrabovaspis complexaNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedLimulus darwiniLimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMaldybulakia angusiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMaldybulakia malcomlmiNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedMesolimulus walchiiLimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPaleolimulus mazonensisPaleolimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedPolonolimulus zaleziankensisAustrolimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedSloveniolimulus rudkiniNot recordedNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedTasmaniolimulus patersoniAustrolimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded
Not recordedVolanalimulus madagascarensisLimulidaeNot recordedNot recordedNot recorded