Amphioplus Verrill 1899 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae

Full reference: A. E. Verrill. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahamas Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin of the University of Iowa 5:1-86

Parent taxon: Amphiuridae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018

See also Berry 1941, Matsumoto 1915, Sepkoski 2002, Spencer and Wright 1966 and Verrill 1899

Sister taxa: Amphiura, Amphiurinae, Bibophiura, Deckersamphiura, Nullamphiura, Ophiactininae, Ophiocnida, Xanthamphiura

Subtaxa: Amphioplus uchigoensis Amphioplus venezuelanus

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Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Miocene of Venezuela (1 collection)

• Oligocene of Japan (1)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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