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Antennacanthopodia
Extinct genus of lobopodians / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Antennacanthopodia is a rare unarmoured lobopodian from the Chengjiang biota, with prickly legs, a pair of 'antennae', and an onychophoran-like body outline (Early Cambrian, ~520 Ma). It also has a pair of frontal antennae, potential ocellus-like lateral visual organs, second antennae possibly homologous to the slime papillae of modern Onychophorans, a straight, voluminous midgut, diminutive spines arrayed on the leg and the trunk, well-developed leg musculature, highly sclerotized terminal leg pads, and presumptively a pair of posteriormost appendicules.[1]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
(unranked): | Panarthropoda |
Stem group: | Onychophora |
Genus: | †Antennacanthopodia Ou et al., 2011[1] |
Species: | †A. gracilis |
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†Antennacanthopodia gracilis Ou et al., 2011[1] | |
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