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Definition of Limulidae
1. Noun. Horseshoe crabs.
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Family
Group relationships: Order Xiphosura, Xiphosura
Member holonyms: Genus Limulus, Limulus, Genus Tachypleus, Tachypleus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Limulidae
Literary usage of Limulidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"... mesosoma and metasoma ( = opisthosoma) not more than ten in number, distinct
or coalesced. Family—limulidae ..."
2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1871)
"... or some other of the Coal Measures limulidae." In the present notice Mr.
Woodward reiterates his opinion that "these forms may indeed be the larval ..."
3. Elemente der Palaeontologie (Palaeozoologie) by Rudolf Hoernes (1884)
"limulidae. Limulus Müll. Cephalothorax gewölbt, mit sechs Paaren von Gliedmassen,
von welchem das erste, vor dem Mund gelegene vom Gehirn inner- virt wird ..."
4. Geology: Chemical, Physical, and Stratigraphical by Joseph Prestwich (1886)
"The King-crab family (limulidae) appear in Upper Silurian strata; several species
are met with in the Coal-measures; they range through the Oolites, ..."
5. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"Division 3 (= Family limulidae Leach), with the king crab Limulus. Order 7.
Phyllopoda (of Latreille), with the branchiopod Apus Order 8. ..."
6. Text-book of Comparative Anatomy by Arnold Lang, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel (1891)
"... limulidae). The body, which is covered by a hard and thick chitinous carapace
falls into 2 principal divisions, the cephalic shield (cephalothorax) and ..."
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