Nectocotis rusmithi Smith 2019 (arrow worm)

Nectocarididae - Nectocarididae

Full reference: M.R. Smith. 2019. An Ordovician nectocaridid hints at an endocochleate origin of Cephalopoda. Journal of Paleontology

Belongs to Nectocotis according to M.R. Smith 2019

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: ROMIP 65341

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Beecher's Trilobite Bed (Ordovician of New York)

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