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
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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