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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Main Authors: Romain Sabroux, Russell J. Garwood, Davide Pisani, Philip C. J. Donoghue, Gregory D. Edgecombe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PeerJ Inc. 2024-10-01
Series:PeerJ
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Online Access:https://peerj.com/articles/17766.pdf