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Tachypleus gigas  (Müller, 1785)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 1092026

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Limulus gigas Müller, 1785
  
    Tachypleus hoeveni Pocock, 1902
  
    Limulus moluccanus Latreille, 1802
  
    Limulus heterodactylus Latreille, 1802
  
  Common Name(s): coastal horseshoe crab [English]
  
       
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  Current Standing: valid  
       
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  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomProtostomia   
          SuperphylumEcdysozoa   
             PhylumArthropoda  – Artrópode, arthropodes, arthropods  
                SubphylumChelicerata  – cheliceriformes, quelicerado, queliceriforme  
                   ClassEuchelicerata   
                      SubclassXiphosura   
                         OrderXiphosurida   
                            SuborderLimulina   
                               FamilyLimulidae  – horseshoe crabs  
                                  GenusTachypleus Leach, 1819  
                                     SpeciesTachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785) – coastal horseshoe crab  
       

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  Author(s)/Editor(s): Obst, Matthias, Sĝren Faurby, Somchai Bussarawit, and Peter Funch  
  Publication Date: 2011   
  Article/Chapter Title: Molecular phylogeny of extant horseshoe crabs (Xiphosura, Limulidae) indicates Paleogene diversification of Asian species   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, vol. 62, no. 1   
  Page(s): 21-26   
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  ISBN/ISSN: 1055-7903   
  Notes: doi: 10.1016/j.ympev.2011.08.025   
  Reference for: Tachypleus gigas   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Pocock, R. I.  
  Publication Date: 1902   
  Article/Chapter Title: The Taxonomy of Recent Species of Limulus   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ser. 7, vol. 9   
  Page(s): 256-266   
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  Notes: Available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19331541   
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 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Indo-West Pacific  
       
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