Silurian horseshoe crab illuminates the evolution of arthropod limbs.
The basic arrangement of limbs in euarthropods consists of a uniramous head appendage followed by a series of biramous appendages. The body is divided into functional units or tagmata which are usually distinguished by further differentiation of the limbs. The living horseshoe crabs are remnants of...
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Format: | Journal article |
Language: | English |
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2012
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