Tachypleus
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| Tachypleus Temporal range:
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| File:Tachypleus tridentatus.jpg | |
| Tachypleus tridentatus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | Limulidae |
| Genus: | Tachypleus (Leach, 1819) |
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Heterolimulus Via Boada & Villalta, 1966 | |
Tachypleus is a genus of south, southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae.
Species
[edit | edit source]There are two extant (living) species:
- Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785)
- Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819)
And two extinct species only known from fossil.[1]
- Tachypleus decheni (Zinken, 1862) Upper Eocene Domsen Sands, Germany
- Tachypleus syriacus (Woodward, 1879) Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Haqel and Hjoula Konservat-Lagerstatten, Lebanon
References
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External links
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