| Boeckelericambria | |
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| Fossil specimen | |
Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Ichthyostraca |
| Subclass: | Pentastomida |
| Genus: | †Boeckelericambria Walossek and Müller, 1994 |
| Species: | †B. pelturae |
| Binomial name | |
| †Boeckelericambria pelturae Walossek and Müller, 1994 | |
Boeckelericambria is aCambrian genus ofpentastomid from theOrsten of Sweden,[1] containing one species,Boeckelericambria pelturae.
Boeckelericambria is roughly 470 micrometers long. It has a subcircular, slightly flattened head with a bulging mouth encircled by a folded wall. Near the mouth are two soft, fleshy appendages, which seem to not be related to the limbs. Two pairs of appendages extend from the head, with an opening of unknown origin between them. The "fingers" (terminalpodomeres) of the first pair of limbs point backwards, meanwhile those of the second pair point inwards. The head blends smoothly into the body, with no apparent trunk segmentation. The trunk limbs are vestigial, being small and rod-shaped with a cluster of setae on the end. The tail is slightly offset, carrying a pair of nodes alongside a slit that may be an anus. This genus, alongside other Orsten pentastomids, is likely a larval form with the adults not being preserved.[1]
The nameBoeckelericambria honours W. Böckeler, alongside referring to the Cambrian age of the fossil. The species namepelturae refers toPeltura, the indextrilobite of Zone 5 (where the fossil was found)[1]
