Exites in Cambrian arthropods and homology of arthropod limb branches
The common ancestor of all living arthropods had biramous postantennal appendages, with an endopodite and exopodite branching off the limb base. This study uses microtomographic imaging of the Cambrian arthropod Leanchoilia to reveal a previously undetected exite at the base of most appendages, sugg...
| Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Nature Portfolio
2021-07-01
|
| Series: | Nature Communications |
| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24918-8 |