Holothuroidea - Apodida - Myriotrochidae
Full reference: H. Théel. 1877. Note sur quelques holothuries des mers de la Nouvelle Zemble. Nova acta Regiae Societatis scientiarum upsaliensis 3(17):1-18
Parent taxon: Apodida according to H. W. Kozur and H. Mostler 2008
See also Boczarowski 2001, Frizzell and Exline 1966, Gilliland 1993, Kerr and Kim 2001, Pawson 1966, Reich 2002 and Théel 1877
Sister taxa: Achistridae, Calcancoridae, Chiridotidae, Holothuriopsis, Myriotrochus, Porachistrum, Synaptidae, Synaptitidae
Subtaxa: Acanthotheelia Gagesiniotrochus Hemisphaeranthos Paleochiridotidae Thalattocanthus Trematrochus
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), Poland (1)
• Jurassic of Egypt (1), Germany (1), Poland (2)
• Triassic of Austria (3), China (1), Germany (1), Hungary (1), Iran (1), Italy (6), Poland (1), Slovakia (5), Slovenia (1)
• Permian of United States (2: Texas)
• Carboniferous of Afghanistan (1), Japan (1), United States (14: Arizona, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Devonian of Poland (2)
Total: 46 collections including 66 occurrences