Waptia body-plan interpretive reconstruction
AI-assisted interpretive plate anchored to the Vannier et al. 2018 ROM specimen series, showing Waptia fieldensis with paired bivalved carapace valves, long multiarticulate antennae, eyes, the first three grasping limb pairs, posterior lamellate swimming appendages and a limbless abdomen.
Typereconstruction
CreatorEvo Atlas Krea 2 Turbo workflow; output selected by workflow-assisted visual inspection
Subject scopespecies:Waptia fieldensis; ROM specimen series
Interpretive boundary and uncertainty
AI-assisted interpretive reconstruction — not a specimen photograph, scale drawing or direct evidence.
The visible podomere and appendage counts, overlap, tail termination, soft-tissue envelope, swimming pose and colour are interpretive. Waptia is not presented as a modern shrimp or as a direct ancestor.
Rights and alternative text
Side view of Waptia with paired carapace valves, a segmented trunk and posterior lamellate appendages