the maxillae and the legs may be a sign of primitive organization; the maxillae are not specialized, as they are in other crustaceans.

Ecology

Cephalocaridans are found from the intertidal zone down to a depth of 1500 m, in all kinds of sediments. Cephalocaridans feed on marine detritus. To bring in food particles, they generate currents with the thoracic appendages like the branchiopods

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