Belangkas besar

Belangkas besar
	Betina, di lepas Teluk Bengal
Status konservasi
	; Data Kurang (IUCN 2.3)
Klasifikasi ilmiah
Kerajaan:	Animalia
Filum:	Arthropoda
Subfilum:	Chelicerata
Kelas:	Merostomata
Ordo:	Xiphosura
Genus:	Tachypleus
Spesies:	T. gigas
Nama binomial
	Tachypleus gigas; (Müller, 1785)
Sinonim
	Limulus gigas Müller, 1785; Limulus moluccanus Latreille, 1802;

Tachypleus gigas, atau yang umum dikenal sebagai belangkas besar,^[3] belangkas indo-pasifik,^[4] belangkas indonesia,^[5] belangkas india,^[6] atau belangkas selatan,^[7] adalah salah satu dari empat spesies belangkas yang masih sintas. Spesies ini ditemukan di perairan pesisir di Asia Tenggara dan Selatan pada kedalaman hingga 40 m (130 ft).^[2]

Deskripsi

Hewan ini tumbuh hingga panjang 50 cm (20 in) termasuk ekornya, dan ditutupi oleh karapaks tangguh yang dapat selebar 26,5 cm (10,4 in).^[8]

Belangkas besar memiliki eksoskeleton kitin berwarna hijau sage.^[9] Seperti belangkas lainnya, karapaks T. gigas terdiri dari bagian frontal (prosoma) yang besar, dan bagian belakang yang berujung duri dan lebih kecil (opistosoma).^[10]^[11]

Referensi

↑ World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Tachypleus gigas". 1996 e.T21308A9266907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21308A9266907.en. ;
1 2 S. Lazarus; V. Narayana Pillai; P. Devadoss & G. Mohanraj (1990). "Occurrence of king crab, Tachypleus gigas (Muller), off the northeast coast of India" (PDF). Proceedings of the First Workshop on Scientific Results of FORV Sagar Sampada, 5–7 June 1989, Kochi: 393–395.
↑ R, Rahmadi (2024-05-30). "Dilindungi, Perburuan Belangkas di Sumatera Utara Masih Terjadi". Mongabay.co.id. Diakses tanggal 2025-11-15.
↑ Mark L. Bolton & Carl N. Schuster Jr. with John A. Keinath (2003). "Horseshoe crabs in a food web: who eats whom?". Dalam Carl N. Shuster Jr.; Robert B. Barlow & H. Jane Brockmann (ed.). The American Horseshoe Crab. Harvard University Press. hlm. 133–153. ISBN 978-0-674-01159-5.
↑ Louis Leibovitz & Gregory A. Lewbart (2003). "Diseases and symbionts: vulnerability despite tough shells". Dalam Carl N. Shuster Jr.; Robert B. Barlow & H. Jane Brockmann (ed.). The American Horseshoe Crab. Harvard University Press. hlm. 245–275. ISBN 978-0-674-01159-5.
↑ Mark L. Botton (2001). "The conservation of horseshoe crabs: what can we learn from the Japanese experience?". Dalam John T. Tanacredi (ed.). Limulus in the Limelight: a Species 350 Million Years in the Making and in Peril?. Springer. hlm. 41–52. ISBN 978-0-306-46681-6.
↑ "Identification guide". Horseshoe Crab monitoring site. Diakses tanggal 26 June 2018.
↑ A. Raman Noor Jawahir; Mohamad Samsur; Mohd L. Shabdin; Khairul-Adha A. Rahim (2017). "Morphometric allometry of horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas at west part of Sarawak waters, Borneo, East Malaysia". AACL Bioflux. 10 (1): 18–24.
↑ J. S. Patil & A. C. Anil (2000). "Epibiotic community of the horseshoe crab Tachypleus gigas". Marine Biology. 136 (4): 699–713. Bibcode:2000MarBi.136..699P. doi:10.1007/s002270050730.
↑ Koichi Sekiguchi; Carl N. Shuster Jr (2009). "Limits on the Global Distribution of Horseshoe Crabs (Limulacea): Lessons Learned from Two Lifetimes of Observations: Asia and America". Dalam Tanacredi, John T.; Botton, Mark L.; Smith, David (ed.). Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs. Springer. hlm. 5–24. ISBN 978-0-387-89959-6.
↑ P. Gopalakrishnakone (1990). "Class Merostomata". A Colour Guide to Dangerous Animals. NUS Press. hlm. 114–115. ISBN 978-9971-69-150-9.

[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] World Conservation Monitoring Centre (1996). "Tachypleus gigas". 1996 e.T21308A9266907. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T21308A9266907.en. ;

[Lazarus-2] 1 2 S. Lazarus; V. Narayana Pillai; P. Devadoss & G. Mohanraj (1990). "Occurrence of king crab, Tachypleus gigas (Muller), off the northeast coast of India" (PDF). Proceedings of the First Workshop on Scientific Results of FORV Sagar Sampada, 5–7 June 1989, Kochi: 393–395.

[3] R, Rahmadi (2024-05-30). "Dilindungi, Perburuan Belangkas di Sumatera Utara Masih Terjadi". Mongabay.co.id. Diakses tanggal 2025-11-15.

[Food_web-4] Mark L. Bolton & Carl N. Schuster Jr. with John A. Keinath (2003). "Horseshoe crabs in a food web: who eats whom?". Dalam Carl N. Shuster Jr.; Robert B. Barlow & H. Jane Brockmann (ed.). The American Horseshoe Crab. Harvard University Press. hlm. 133–153. ISBN 978-0-674-01159-5.

[5] Louis Leibovitz & Gregory A. Lewbart (2003). "Diseases and symbionts: vulnerability despite tough shells". Dalam Carl N. Shuster Jr.; Robert B. Barlow & H. Jane Brockmann (ed.). The American Horseshoe Crab. Harvard University Press. hlm. 245–275. ISBN 978-0-674-01159-5.

[6] Mark L. Botton (2001). "The conservation of horseshoe crabs: what can we learn from the Japanese experience?". Dalam John T. Tanacredi (ed.). Limulus in the Limelight: a Species 350 Million Years in the Making and in Peril?. Springer. hlm. 41–52. ISBN 978-0-306-46681-6.

[HCIG-7] "Identification guide". Horseshoe Crab monitoring site. Diakses tanggal 26 June 2018.

[Jawahir2017-8] A. Raman Noor Jawahir; Mohamad Samsur; Mohd L. Shabdin; Khairul-Adha A. Rahim (2017). "Morphometric allometry of horseshoe crab, Tachypleus gigas at west part of Sarawak waters, Borneo, East Malaysia". AACL Bioflux. 10 (1): 18–24.

[Patil-9] J. S. Patil & A. C. Anil (2000). "Epibiotic community of the horseshoe crab Tachypleus gigas". Marine Biology. 136 (4): 699–713. Bibcode:2000MarBi.136..699P. doi:10.1007/s002270050730.

[Sekiguchi2009-10] Koichi Sekiguchi; Carl N. Shuster Jr (2009). "Limits on the Global Distribution of Horseshoe Crabs (Limulacea): Lessons Learned from Two Lifetimes of Observations: Asia and America". Dalam Tanacredi, John T.; Botton, Mark L.; Smith, David (ed.). Biology and Conservation of Horseshoe Crabs. Springer. hlm. 5–24. ISBN 978-0-387-89959-6.

[Gopalakrishnakone-11] P. Gopalakrishnakone (1990). "Class Merostomata". A Colour Guide to Dangerous Animals. NUS Press. hlm. 114–115. ISBN 978-9971-69-150-9.

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