Xiphosura

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ξίφος (xíphos, “sword”) and οὐρά (ourá, “tail”), in reference to the long, slender, stiff tail of the horseshoe crab.

Proper noun

Xiphosura

1. 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

• xiphosuran

References

• 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