Monoculus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Published in

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Merostomata

order

Xiphosurida

family

Limulidae

genus

Limulus

species

Limulus polyphemus

Name

Homonyms

Monoculus polyphemus Jurine, 1820

Monoculus polyphemus Linnaeus, 1758

Bibliographic References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 320 Validation, under the Plenary Powers, of the generic name Limulus M?ller (O. F.), 1785 (class Merostomata) and confirmation of the entry of that name on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology (validation of an error in Opinion 104).Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 9(10), 147-170 (1955)
2. Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. <em>Editio decima, reformata [10th revised edition], vol. 1: 824 pp. Laurentius Salvius: Holmiae.</em>
3. Pocock, R. I., 1902: The Taxonomy of Recent Species of Limulus. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, vol. 9. 256-266.