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Houia
Temporal range: Lochkovian, 416–411.2 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Chelicerata
Clade: Planaterga
Clade: Dekatriata
Genus: Houia
Selden, Lamsdell & Qi, 2015
Type species
Houia yueya
Lamsdell, Xue & Selden, 2013

Houia is a genus of dekatriatan, a clade of chelicerate arthropods. Fossils of the single and type species, H. yueya, have been discovered in deposits of the Early Devonian period (Lochkovian epoch) in Yunnan, China. The name of the genus is derived from the Chinese character (hòu), meaning "horseshoe crab".[1] The species name yueya comes from the Chinese characters (yuè, meaning "Moon") and (, meaning "crescent"), referring to the crescentic shape of its carapace (the dorsal plate of the head).[2]

References

  1. ^ Selden, Paul A.; Lamsdell, James C.; Qi, Liu (2015). "An unusual euchelicerate linking horseshoe crabs and eurypterids, from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of Yunnan, China". Zoologica Scripta. 44 (6): 645–652. doi:10.1111/zsc.12124.
  2. ^ Lamsdell, James C.; Xue, Jinzhuang; Selden, Paul A. (2013). "A horseshoe crab (Arthropoda: Chelicerata: Xiphosura) from the Lower Devonian (Lochkovian) of Yunnan, China". Geological Magazine. 150 (2): 367–370. doi:10.1017/S0016756812000891. hdl:1808/14491.