Cephalocarida
class of crustaceans / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cephalocarida is a class inside the subphylum Crustacea that has only twelve shrimp-like benthic species. They were discovered in 1955, and are commonly referred to as horseshoe shrimps.
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Class: | Cephalocarida |
Order: | Brachypoda |
Family: | Hutchinsoniellidae Sanders, 1955 |
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All cephalocaridans are in just one family: Hutchinsoniellidae. Even though there is no fossil record of cephalocaridans, most specialists believe them to be basal (primitive) among crustaceans.