Cucumericus Hou et al. 1995 (arthropod)

Radiodonta - Anomalocarididae

Alternative spelling: Cucumericrus

Full reference: X.-G. Hou, J. Bergström, and P. Ahlberg. 1995. Anomalocaris and other large animals in the Lower Cambrian Chengjiang fauna of southwest China. Geologiska Föreningens i Stockholm Forhandlingar 117:163-183

Parent taxon: Anomalocarididae according to X.-G. Hou et al. 1995

See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Briggs et al. 2008

Sister taxa: Amiella, Anomalocaris, Cassubia, Paranomalocaris, Parapeytoia

Subtaxa: Cucumericrus decoratus

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Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Maotian - [Maotianshan Shale, Yuanshan Fm (formerly Qiongzhusi)] (Cambrian of China)

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