Canadaspis
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| phylum | Arthropoda | Canadaspis was a Cambrian genus that was originally classified as a crustacean that has been placed in the subclass Phyllocarida, in the class Malacostraca that includes shrimps and lobsters. It may have been a stem group crustacean or at the base of eurarthropoda. It was a benthic feeder that moved mainly by walking and possibly used its biramous appendages to stir mud in search of food. Over 4,000 specimens of Canadaspis are known from the Greater Phyllopod bed where they comprise 8.6% of the community.
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| order | Canadaspidida | |
| family | Canadaspididae | |
| genus | † Canadaspis | |
| species | C. perfecta |
