Actaeus armatus
| Actaeus armatus Temporal range: | |
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| Reconstruction of Actaeus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | †Megacheira |
| Order: | †Leanchoilida |
| Family: | †Leanchoiliidae |
| Genus: | †Actaeus Simonetta, 1970 |
| Species: | †A. armatus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Actaeus armatus Simonetta, 1970 | |
Actaeus is a genus of leanchoiliid megacheiran arthropod, containing the single species Actaeus armatus. It is known from a single specimen recovered from the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale of British Columbia, Canada, and it may be actually a poorly preserved specimen of Alalcomenaeus. The specimen is over 6 cm long and has a body consisting of a head shield, 11 body tergites, and a terminal plate. It was named after Actaeus, first king of attica, and armatus a combination of greek and latin words to describe the frontal appendages of the species.
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