Tachypleus gigas Mueller 1785 (horseshoe crab)
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Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae
Alternative combination: Limulus gigas
Synonyms: Limulus heterodactylus Latreille 1802, Limulus latreillii Leach 1819, Limulus macleaii Leach 1819, Limulus moluccanus Latreille 1802, Limulus viriscens Latreille 1806, Tachypleus heterodactylus Latreille 1802, Tachypleus hoeveni Pocock 1902
Belongs to Tachypleus according to J.A. Dunlop et al. 2012
Sister taxa: Tachypleus decheni, Tachypleus syriacus, Tachypleus tridentatus
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Tachypleus gigas in the database
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