Common name of Tachypleus gigas
 
Common Name Coastal horseshoe crab
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official Trade Name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Singapore
Locality
Ref. Yeo, D.C.J., T. Swee Hee and P.K.L. Ng, 2008
Life Stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core primary lexeme
1st Modifier habitat/ecology
2nd Modifier morphology
Remarks 'crab' from Old English 'ceorfan', i.e., 'to curve'.
 
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