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Tachypleus
Taxonomy
Tachypleus was named by Leach (1819) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Tachypleinae.
It was assigned to Xiphosurida by Sepkoski (2002) and Krzemiński et al. (2010); to Limulidae by Leach (1819), Bergström (1975), Lamsdell (2016), Lamsdell (2020) and Dunlop et al. (2020); and to Tachypleinae by Størmer (1955), Dunlop et al. (2012) and Bicknell et al. (2021).
It was assigned to Xiphosurida by Sepkoski (2002) and Krzemiński et al. (2010); to Limulidae by Leach (1819), Bergström (1975), Lamsdell (2016), Lamsdell (2020) and Dunlop et al. (2020); and to Tachypleinae by Størmer (1955), Dunlop et al. (2012) and Bicknell et al. (2021).
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1819 | Tachypleus Leach |
1955 | Tachypleus Størmer p. 23 |
1975 | Tachypleus Bergström p. 303 |
2002 | Tachypleus Sepkoski |
2010 | Tachypleus Krzemiński et al. p. 133 |
2012 | Tachypleus Dunlop et al. p. 219 |
2016 | Tachypleus Lamsdell p. 189 |
2020 | Tachypleus Dunlop et al. p. 14 |
2020 | Tachypleus Lamsdell p. 26 |
2021 | Tachypleus Bicknell et al. p. 1544 |
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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
Tachypleus tridentatus Leach 1819
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Invalid names: Limulus longispina van der Hoeven 1838 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available