Liwia is a genus of nektaspid[1] It includes the following species, both are known from borehole samples several kilometers in depth from the Zawiszyn Formation in Poland, which has also yielded Peytoia infercambriensis.

  • Liwia plana Lendzion, 1975
  • Liwia convexa Lendzion 1975
Liwia
Temporal range: Early Cambrian 520–516 Ma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Order: Nektaspida
Family: Liwiidae
Genus: Liwia
Dzik and Lendzion, 1988
Species

See text.

References

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  1. ^ Budd, G. E. (1999). "A nektaspid arthropod from the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fauna, with a description of retrodeformation based on functional morphology". Palaeontology. 42: 99–122. Bibcode:1999Palgy..42...99B. doi:10.1111/1475-4983.00064. S2CID 128566745.