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Tachypleus gigas

Horseshoe Crab
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DD
Data Deficient
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
ver 2.3, 1996
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SSN 54741
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Taxonomy

The taxonomic status is pending for approval

Description
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So far we know little about the species, apart from its appearance.

Assessment
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Year Published Assessment Red List Category Version
1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
Data Deficient (DD)
2.3

Relationship
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Predation    
20149
 
Macaca fascicularis
Long-tailed Macaque
Predator
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Location
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by State Location
  • Johore 3
Based on publications, specimens, and images

Specimen
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Collection Center   Total
Marine Collection
Universiti Malaysia Terengganu
Terengganu
9

References
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Book
  1. Guidebook to the Biodiversity of Linting wetlands, 2015. Wetlands International, Malaysia. — [ Adobe PDF (PDF) ]
  2. National Policy on Biological Diversity 2016 - 2025 / Dasar Kepelbagaian Biologi Kebangsaan 2016 - 2025, 2016. Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE), Malaysia. pp. 112. — [ Adobe PDF (PDF) ]
  3. Che Abd Rahim, Mohamed, Fathul Karim, S., Azima, A.M., Zaidi, C.C., Mustaffa, O. & Lee, J.N. (2010). Penyelidikan Pantai Timur Johor : Mersing Warisan Terpelihara. Pusat Penyelidikan Ekosistem Marin (EKOMAR), Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), Bangi, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia. pp. 256.
Chapter in book
  1. Wan-Lotfi, W.M., Samat, A., Zaidi, C.C. & Mazlan, A.G. (2010). Checklist of Marine Epibenthic Invertebrate Species from Mersing, Johor. In Che Abd Rahim, Mohamed, Fathul Karim, S., Azima, A.M., Mustaffa, O., Zaidi, C.C. & Lee, J.N. (Eds.), The Studies of Johor East: Preserve Mersing Heritage. Pusat Pengajian Sains Sekitaran dan Sumber Alam Fakulti Sains dan Teknologi, UKM. pp. 203-212.
Magazine/Bulletin
  1. Conservation Malaysia (27), 2018. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Malaysia. — [ Adobe PDF (PDF) ]
Online
  1. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved November 30, 2016, from http://www.iucnredlist.org
Short-note
  1. Long-tailed Macaque feeding on horseshoe crab Tachypleus gigas at Tanjung Piai, Johor, Peninsular Malaysia. Southeast Asia Vertebrate Records (SEAVR), 2016

Publications
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Conservation Malaysia (27), 2018
National Policy on Biological Diversity 2016 - 2025 / Dasar Kepelbagaian Biologi Kebangsaan 2016 - 2025 (2016)

Related by Genus  
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55443
 
Tachypleus tridentatus
Horseshoe Crab
Native

Acknowledgements :- Mr. Ahmad Amir Firdaus Bin Mad Apandi, Mrs. Noratikah Binti Ab. Manaf, Ms. Nurfarhana Hizan Binti Hijas, Mr. Tan Kok Kiat & Mr. Yasser Mohamed Arifin

Species Citation :- Tachypleus gigas. Malaysia Biodiversity Information System (MyBIS). Accessed via https://www.mybis.gov.my/sp/54741. [Retrieved 02 June 2023].

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