Merostomata

Translingual

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μέρος (méros, “part”) + στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).

Proper noun

Merostomata

1. A taxonomic class within the phylum Arthropoda – the horseshoe crabs.

References

• 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