New insights into the Devonian sea spiders of the Hunsrück Slate (Arthropoda: Pycnogonida)
Background The sea spiders (Pycnogonida Latreille, 1810) of the Hunsrück Slate (Lower Devonian, ~400 million years ago) are iconic in their abundance, exquisite pyritic preservation, and in their distinctive body plan compared to extant sea spiders (Pantopoda Gerstäcker, 1863). Consequently, the Hun...
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PeerJ Inc.
2024-10-01
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