| Kingdom | Phylum | Class | Order | Family |
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| ANIMALIA | ARTHROPODA | MEROSTOMATA | XIPHOSURA | LIMULIDAE |
| Scientific Name: | Limulus polyphemus | |||
| Species Authority: | (Linnaeus, 1758) | |||
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| Red List Category & Criteria: | Lower Risk/near threatened ver 2.3 | |||||||||||||||
| Year Published: | 1996 | |||||||||||||||
| Annotations: |
Needs updating
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| Assessor/s: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre | |||||||||||||||
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| History: |
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| Range Description: | Found on the east coast of North America from Nova Scotia (Canada) south to the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico). |
| Countries: |
Native:
Canada; Mexico; United States
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| FAO Marine Fishing Areas: |
Native:
Pacific – eastern central; Pacific – northeast
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| Range Map: | Click here to open the map viewer and explore range. |
| Systems: | Marine |
| Citation: | World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. Limulus polyphemus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012. |
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