Xiphosura
Translingual
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) and οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), in reference to the long, slender, stiff tail of the horseshoe crab.
Proper noun
[edit]Xiphosura
- A taxonomic order within the class Merostomata – distinguished from all other chelicerates by having compound eyes. The only living xiphosurans are the horseshoe crabs.
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]Xiphosura on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Xiphosura on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Xiphosura on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI