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genus

Tachypleus Leach, 1819

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Arthropoda - arthropods »  class Merostomata »  order Xiphosura - Horseshoe crabs »  family Limulidae - modern horseshoe crab »  tribus Tachypleini

Scientific synonyms

Heterolimulus Via Boada & Villalta, 1966

Included taxa

Number of records: 4

species Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785) - Indian Horseshoe Crab

Tachypleus gigas

species Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819) - Japanese Horseshoe Crab

Tachypleus tridentatus


Fossil taxa

species Tachypleus dechneni (Zinken, 1862)

Nomina dubia dub.

species Tachypleus hoeveni (Pocock, 1902) - Indonesian Horseshoe Crab dub.

Tachypleus hoeveni


Links and literature

EN Paleobiology Database [18941]

Paleobiology Database [https://paleobiodb.org/] [as Tachypleus]
Data retrieved on: 11 December 2015
EN The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [1101943]

Rees, T. (compiler): The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera [https://www.irmng.org] [as Tachypleus Leach, 1819]
Data retrieved on: 30 November 2019

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Explanations

synonymized name based on fossil type material

extinct taxon

dub. nomen dubium - name of unknown or doubtful application