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Tachypleus

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Tachypleus is a genus of south, southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMerostomata
  4. OrderXiphosurida
  5. FamilyLimulidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded1,200

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Limulidae
Image
Tachypleus tridentatus.jpg
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start time
145000000-
Commons category
Tachypleus
taxon name
Tachypleus
taxon rank
genus
topic's main category
Category:Tachypleus
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Tachypleus is a genus of south, southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae.

==Species== There are two extant (living) species: Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785) Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819)

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