Tachypleus is a genus of south, southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae.
| Tachypleus Temporal range:
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| Tachypleus tridentatus | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Chelicerata |
| Order: | Xiphosura |
| Family: | Limulidae |
| Genus: | Tachypleus (Leach, 1819) |
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Species edit
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 (Zincken, 1862) Upper Eocene Domsen Sands, Germany
- Tachypleus syriacus (Woodward, 1879) Upper Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Haqel and Hjoula Konservat-Lagerstatten, Lebanon
References edit
- ^ Bicknell, Russell D. C.; Błażejowski, Błażej; Wings, Oliver; Hitij, Tomaž; Botton, Mark L. (2021-03-02). Zhang, Xi‐Guang (ed.). "Critical re‐evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity". Papers in Palaeontology. 7 (3): 1525–1556. doi:10.1002/spp2.1352. ISSN 2056-2799. S2CID 233783546.
External links edit
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