Tachypleus gigas

Tachypleus gigas
Female, off the Bay of Bengal
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Order: Xiphosura
Family: Limulidae
Genus: Tachypleus
Species:
T. gigas
Binomial name
Tachypleus gigas
(Müller, 1785)
Synonyms
  • Limulus gigas Müller, 1785
  • Limulus moluccanus Latreille, 1802

Tachypleus gigas, commonly known as the Indo-Pacific horseshoe crab, Indonesian horseshoe crab, Indian horseshoe crab, or southern horseshoe crab, is one of the four extant (living) species of horseshoe crab. It is found in coastal water in South and Southeast Asia at depths to 40 m (130 ft).