Nectocarididae - Nectocarididae

Full reference: J. Vinther, L. A. Parry, M. Lee, M. L. Nielsen, Y. Oh, C. Park, J. Kihm, G. DeVivo, D. A. T. Harper, A. T. Nielsen, and T. S. Park. 2025. A fossilized ventral ganglion reveals a chaetognath affinity for Cambrian nectocaridids. Science Advances 11(eadu6990)

Parent taxon: Nectocarididae according to J. Vinther et al. 2025

Sister taxa: Nectocaris, Nectocotis

Subtaxa: Nektognathus evasmithae

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Type: Nektognathus evasmithae

Ecology: nektonic carnivore

Distribution: found only at Sirius Passet locality 1 (Cambrian of Greenland)

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