Family Synaphobranchidae (eel)
Actinopteri - Anguilliformes - Synaphobranchidae
Parent taxon: Synaphobranchoidei according to J. S. Nelson et al. 2016
See also Jordan 1963
Sister taxon: Ilyophinae
Subtaxa: Simenchelyinae Synaphobranchinae
Ecology: nektobenthic carnivore
Distribution: found only at Glenstrae House, east (Quaternary of New Zealand)