Horseshoe Crab
Tachypleus gigas
IUCN Conservation Status: DD - Data Deficient - not enough data to assess extinction risk
Taxonomy
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Merostomata
- Order
- Xiphosurida
- Family
- Limulidae
- Genus
- Tachypleus
Where to Find
Found in 9 diving areas across 5 countries and 1 regions.
- Bali, Indonesia - 9 records
- Perhentian Islands, Malaysia - 2 records
- Redang Island, Malaysia - 8 records
- Tioman Island, Malaysia - 4 records
- Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar - 6 records
- Southern Islands, Singapore - 6 records
- Koh Lanta & Phi Phi, Thailand - 3 records
- Koh Tao, Thailand - 2 records
- Similan Islands, Thailand - 6 records