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The Horseshoe Crab of the Genus Limulus: Living Fossil or Stabilomorph?

A new horseshoe crab species, Limulus darwini, is described from the uppermost Jurassic (ca. 148 Ma) near-shore sediments of the Kcynia Formation, central Poland. The only extant species Limulus polyphemus (Linnaeus) inhabits brackish-marine, shallow water environments of the east coast of the Unite...

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Autores principales: Kin, Adrian, Błażejowski, Błażej
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4183490/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25275563
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0108036