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Tachypleus

Xiphosura - Xiphosurida - Limulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1819Tachypleus Leach
1955Tachypleus Størmer p. 23
1975Tachypleus Bergström p. 303
2002Tachypleus Sepkoski
2010Tachypleus Krzemiński et al. p. 133
2012Tachypleus Dunlop et al. p. 219
2016Tachypleus Lamsdell p. 189
2020Tachypleus Dunlop et al. p. 14
2020Tachypleus Lamsdell p. 26
2021Tachypleus Bicknell et al. p. 1544

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
phylumArthropodaLatreille 1829
Deuteropoda
subphylumChelicerataHeymons 1901
RankNameAuthor
EuchelicerataWeygoldt and Paulus 1979
Prosomapoda
classXiphosura()
orderXiphosuridaLatreille 1802
suborderLimulinaRichter and Richter 1929
superfamilyLimuloidea(Leach 1819)
familyLimulidaeLeach 1819
subfamilyTachypleinaePocock 1902
genusTachypleusLeach 1819

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Tachypleus Leach 1819
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Tachypleus decheni Zinken 1862
Tachypleus gigas Mueller 1785
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Invalid names: Limulus heterodactylus Latreille 1802 [synonym], Limulus latreillii Leach 1819 [synonym], Limulus macleaii Leach 1819 [synonym], Limulus moluccanus Latreille 1802 [synonym], Limulus viriscens Latreille 1806 [synonym], Tachypleus hoeveni Pocock 1902 [synonym]
Tachypleus syriacus Woodward 1879
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Invalid names: Limulus longispina van der Hoeven 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available