Tachypleus

Tachypleus
Temporal range:
Tachypleus tridentatus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: Limulidae
Genus: Tachypleus
(Leach, 1819)
Synonyms
  • †Heterolimulus (Via Boada & Villalta, 1966)

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

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