Tachypleus gigas (English spelling)

Japanese: Tachypleus gigas(英語表記)Tachypleusgigas
Tachypleus gigas (English spelling)

... Horseshoe crabs are an ancient type of arthropod that originated in the Silurian Period of the Paleozoic Era and flourished in the Mesozoic Era, and are known as "living fossils." Other extant species in the horseshoe crab family include the southern horseshoe crab Tachypleus gigas and the round-shoe crab Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda , ​​which live on the coasts of Southeast Asia, and the American horseshoe crab Limulus polyphemus , which lives on the east coast of North America. [Shigeo Gamo]. ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Tachypleus gigas" is listed below.

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Japanese:

… カブトガニ類は古生代シルル紀におこり,中生代に栄えた古い型の節足動物で,〈生きている化石〉として知られる。現生種からなるカブトガニ科には,ほかにミナミカブトガニTachypleus gigasとマルオカブトガニCarcinoscorpius rotundicaudaが東南アジアの沿岸に,アメリカカブトガニLimulus polyphemusが北アメリカ東岸にそれぞれ分布している。【蒲生 重男】。…

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