Limulus moluccanus = Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas)

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Subject:	Limulus moluccanus = Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas)
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Tachypleus gigas syn. Limulus moluccanus
Notes This object is part of the collection Iconographia Zoologica
Source/Photographer Iconographia Zoologica
Old Latin Name Limulus moluccanus
New Latin Name Tachypleus gigas
Common name Degenkrab
Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Limulus_-_Print_-_Iconographia_Zoologica_-_Special_Collections_University_of_Amsterdam_-_UBAINV0274_006_03_0065.tif

Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab (Tachypleus gigas), also known as the Indonesian horseshoe crab, Indian horseshoe crab, or southern horseshoe crab, is one of the four extant species of horseshoe crabs. It is found in coastal water in South and Southeast Asia at depths to 40 m.

Order: Xiphosura
Family: Limulidae
Genus: Tachypleus
Species: Tachypleus gigas (Müller, 1785)
Synonyms
- Limulus gigas Müller, 1785
- Limulus moluccanus Latreille, 1802

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