Tachypleus Explained

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

Species

There are two extant (living) species:

And two extinct species only known from fossil.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Bicknell. Russell D. C.. Błażejowski. Błażej. Wings. Oliver. Hitij. Tomaž. Botton. Mark L.. 2021-03-02. Zhang. Xi-Guang. Critical re-evaluation of Limulidae uncovers limited Limulus diversity. Papers in Palaeontology. 7 . 3 . en. 1525–1556. 10.1002/spp2.1352. 2021PPal....7.1525B . 233783546 . 2056-2799.