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Megacheira

Megacheira (from Ancient Greek μέγας (mégas), meaning "great", and χείρ (kheír), meaning "hand", also historically great appendage arthropods) is an extinct class of early Paleozoic predatory arthropods defined by their possession of spined "great appendages". Their taxonomic position is controversial, with studies generally either considering them…

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Megacheira

Nodes70
Edges69
Triples59
Avg. degree1.97
Density0.028571
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related to Taxonomy · 34
Megacheira → Australia, Bundenbachiellus, Cambrian, Cheiromorpha, China, Early Cambrian, Early Devonian, Early-Mid Cambrian, Enalikter, Forfexicaris, Fortiforceps, Germany, Haikoucaris, However, Jianfengia, Jianfengiidae, Kootenichela, Leanchoiliidae, Lomankus, North America
related to Relationship to other arthropods · 11
Megacheira → Aria, Arthropoda, Chelicerata, Cladogram, Isoxys, Mandibulata, Megacheirans, Other, Some, The, This
related to Morphology · 6
Megacheira → Leanchoilia, Megacheirans, On, The, Yawunik, Yohoia

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appendages great megacheirans arthropods fortiforceps leanchoilia yohoia group haikoucaris suggested studies cambrian limbs upper also chelicerates alalcomenaeus stem-group body typically

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Yohoia being structurally comparable to the raptorial maxillipeds of mantis shrimpinstance ofwith those of some genera0.80text
Leanchoiliainstance ofThe spines on the great appendages of leanchoilid megacheirans0.80text
Yawunik are elongatedinstance ofThe spines on the great appendages of leanchoilid megacheirans0.80text
whip-likeinstance ofThe spines on the great appendages of leanchoilid megacheirans0.80text
suggesting an antennae-like sensory role alongside predatory functioninstance ofThe spines on the great appendages of leanchoilid megacheirans0.80text
Forfexicarisinstance ofgenera0.80text
Ovalicephalusinstance ofgenera0.80text
and Occacaris to Megacheira was questioned by later investigationsinstance ofgenera0.80text
Megacheirarelated to MorphologyMegacheirans0.60section
Megacheirarelated to MorphologyThe0.60section
Megacheirarelated to MorphologyYohoia0.60section
Megacheirarelated to MorphologyLeanchoilia0.60section

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