Nektaspida

Nektaspida (also called Naraoiida, Nektaspia and Nectaspida) is an extinct order of non-mineralised artiopodan arthropods.

Originally classified as trilobites, which they superficially resemble, they are now placed as close relatives as members of the Trilobitomorpha within Artiopoda.

[7] Preserved soft tissue of the group indicates that the cephalic (head) shield of nektaspids and liwiids contained branched digestive glands.

Naraoiidae were diverse in low latitudes during Cambrian Series 2 and the following Miaolingian in Laurentia and in South China.

[2] The youngest known member of the group is the Laurentian naraoiid Naraoia bertensis from the Bertie Formation in Ontario, Canada, dating to the Upper Silurian.

Digestive systems of various naraoiid species