It appears to have several apomorphic features, notably including a single large compound eye.

[1] The genus name Cambropachycope refers to the large unilobed eye, alongside it originating from the Cambrian period.

[2] The head of Cambropachycope has an unusual anterior projection that bears a single, large compound eye.

[3] It is hesitantly presumed to be an early offshoot under the clade Pancrustacea in original description.

Other organisms, including Henningsmoenicaris and Martinssonia, also discovered in Orsten, may exist at a similar place on the phylogenetic tree.