''Tachypleus'' is a genus of
south
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Etymology
The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Proto-Germanic ''*sunþa ...
,
southeast and
east Asia
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n horseshoe crabs in the family
Limulidae.
Species
There are two extant (living) species:
* ''
Tachypleus gigas''
(Müller Müller may refer to:
* ''Die schöne Müllerin'' (1823) (sometimes referred to as ''Müllerlieder''; ''Müllerin'' is a female miller) is a song cycle with words by Wilhelm Müller and music by Franz Schubert
* Doctor Müller, fictional character ...
, 1785)
* ''
Tachypleus tridentatus''
( Leach, 1819)
And two extinct species only known from fossil.
* ''
Tachypleus decheni''
(Zincken, 1862) Upper
Eocene
The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the modern Cenozoic Era. The name ''Eocene'' comes from the Ancient Greek (''ēṓs'', " ...
Domsen Sands, Germany
* ''
Tachypleus syriacus''
(Woodward, 1879) Upper Cretaceous (
Cenomanian) Haqel and
Hjoula Konservat-Lagerstatten, Lebanon
References
External links
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Xiphosura
Extant Cenomanian first appearances
Chelicerate genera
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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