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Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab
Tachypleus tridentatus
A marine arthropod with a hard shell and sword-like tail, called a living fossil because its form has changed little since ancient times. It spawns on tidal flats along the Seto Inland Sea and in northern Kyushu. Land reclamation has reduced its habitat, and breeding sites in Kasaoka, Okayama, and Imari, Saga, are national Natural Monuments, while one in Saijo, Ehime, is a prefectural Natural Monument.
- Scientific name
- Tachypleus tridentatus
- Group
- Other invertebrates
- Prefectures
- Okayama, Ehime, Saga
- 日本語
- カブトガニ
- 简体中文
- 中国鲎
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The Tri-spine Horseshoe Crab is designated as a species without a fixed area and lives in places such as Okayama, Ehime, Saga.
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