NOUN | animal | class Merostomata, Merostomata | used in some classifications |
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Meaning | Used in some classifications; includes the orders ... / orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida. | |
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Synonym | Merostomata | |
Member of | Chelicerata, superclass Chelicerata | spiders |
Members | Eurypterida, order Eurypterida | Extinct aquatic arthropods of the Paleozoic |
Xiphosura, order Xiphosura | horseshoe crabs and extinct forms | |
Broader | arthropod | invertebrate having jointed limbs and a segmented body with an exoskeleton made of chitin |
Spanish | merostoma | |
Catalan | merostoma, Merostomat |
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