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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Tachypleus is a genus of south, southeast and east Asian horseshoe crabs in the family Limulidae.
There are two extant (living) species:
And two extinct species only known from fossil. [1]