1) Arthropod 2) Class merostomata 3) Used in some classifications
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Merostomata is the name given to a grouping of the extinct Eurypterida (sea scorpions) and the Xiphosura (horseshoe crabs). The term was originally used by James Dwight Dana to refer to Xiphosura only, but was emended by Henry Woodward to cover both groups. ==Etymology== The name `Merostomata` derives from the Greek roots μηρός (meros, `th......
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• (n. pl.) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See Limulus.
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(from the article `arthropod`) ...pair of appendages consists of chelicerae flanking the mouth; in most chelicerates the other prosomal appendages are a pair of pedipalps and four ... ...that scorpions are a group in the phylum Arachnida and may even be the ancestor of other arachnids. The alternate view contends that scorpions are ... ...
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Mer`o·stom'a·ta noun plural [ New Latin , from Greek ... thigh + ..., -..., mouth.]
(Zoology) A class of Arthropoda, allied to the Crustacea. It includes the trilobites, Eurypteroidea, and Limuloidea. All are extinct except the horseshoe crabs of the last group. See
Limulus .
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n] - used in some classifications
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class Merostomata noun used in some classifications; includes the orders Xiphosura and Eurypterida
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