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Scientific Name: Tachypleus gigas (O. F. Müller, 1785)
English Name: Southeast Asian horseshoe crab
Local/Bangla Name: Kakra (কাঁকড়া)
Southeast Asian horseshoe crab - Kakra (কাঁকড়া) - Tachypleus gigas - Type: Crab

Labcode: C1910SM-12

Photo: ABR Lab

Classification:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Merostomata
Order: Xiphosurida
Family: Limulidae
Description:
The shell is round and brown. The tail is round in cross-section near the body, and it has shorter spines on the sides. It does not have a groove on the underside or spines on the upper side. Horseshoe crab is actually a species under Phylum Arthropoda but it does not belong to Subphylum Crustacea.
Environment:
Marine
Other References:
DNA Barcodes from Bangladesh
GenBank Accession Number:
COI: MT803341  
Other DNA Barcodes & Nucleutide Sequences
IUCN conservation status:
Other Information