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Tachypleus

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

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  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassMerostomata
  4. OrderXiphosurida
  5. FamilyLimulidae
Habitatmarine
Observations recorded1,200

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

==Species== There are two extant (living) species: Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785) Tachypleus tridentatus (Leach, 1819)

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