The Cephalocarida are a class within the subphylum Crustacea comprising only 12 known species. Both their nauplius larvae and adults are benthic, living on the sea floor, and they were first discovered in 1955 by Howard L. Sanders. Commonly called horseshoe shrimp, they have been grouped together with the Remipedia in the clade Xenocarida, and nearly all cephalocaridans are considered to belong to a single family, Hutchinsoniellidae. Fossil cephalocaridans have been found at the Ordovician-age Castle Bank site.
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Classification
DietDetritivore or Scavenger 1 System (Realm) Living or Extinct Scientific Name Connections
Child Taxon Of
Source Wikidata: Cephalocarida
In Biome
Source Wikipedia: Cephalocarida
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1. Wikipedia: Cephalocarida
WikipediaEcology
Cephalocaridans feed on marine detritus.
In Biome: Intertidal Zone, Habitat
Cephalocaridans are found from the intertidal zone down to a depth of 1,500 m (4,900 ft), in all kinds of sediments.
View the Source 2. GBIF Species API
3. Wikidata (taxon extant/extinct status)
Wikimedia Foundation / Wikidata contributorsQ132649, descriptionView the Source 4. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy: Cephalocarida
GBIF Backbone TaxonomyTaxon recordQuote, Taxon record
"canonicalName": "Cephalocarida"
Wikidata: Cephalocarida
- Wikidata Q132649, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
- Child Taxon Of: Arthropoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chain
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