The functional head of the Cambrian radiodontan (stem-group Euarthropoda) Amplectobelua symbrachiata

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Title
The functional head of the Cambrian radiodontan (stem-group Euarthropoda) Amplectobelua symbrachiata
Journal
BMC Evolutionary Biology
Author(s)
Cong P., Daley A.C., Edgecombe G.D., Hou X.
ISSN
1471-2148
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2017
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
17
Pages
208
Language
english
Abstract
Segmental composition and homologies of the head of stem-group Euarthropoda have been the foci of recent studies on arthropod origins. An emerging hypothesis suggests that upper-stem group euarthropods possessed a three-segmented head/brain, including an ocular segment (protocerebrum) followed by the deutocerebrum with associated antennae/raptorial limbs and the tritocerebrum, while in the lower stem, head structures of Radiodonta are wholly associated with the protocerebrum and its preceding part. However, this hypothesis is incompletely tested because detailed knowledge on the head components of radiodontans is patchy, and informative articulated specimens are lacking for many taxa. Amplectobelua symbrachiata is the most common radiodontan species in the Chengjiang biota (ca. 520 Ma), normally known as isolated frontal appendages. Here we present detailed descriptions of new articulated specimens that elucidate the morphology and function of its head structures, and discuss their implications for hypotheses about euarthropod cephalic organisation.
Keywords
Radiodonta, Amplectobelua, Feeding structures, Functional head, Chengjiang
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