Tachypleus gigas: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Merostomata
- Order
- Xiphosurida
- Family
- Limulidae
- Genus
- Tachypleus
- Species
- Tachypleus gigas
- Scientific Name
- Tachypleus gigas
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Tachypleus gigas
Tachypleus gigas, commonly known as the Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab, Indonesian horseshoe crab, Indian horseshoe crab, or southern horseshoe crab, is one of the four extant (living) species of horseshoe crab. It is found in coastal water in South and Southeast Asia at depths to 40 m (130 ft).
...Tachypleus gigas in languages:
- Chinese
- 南方鱟
- Czech
- ostrorep velký
- English
- Indo-Pacific Horseshoe Crab
- Indonesian
- Belangkas Besar
- Korean
- 남방투구게
- Thai
- แมงดาจาน
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