Sigsbeia Lyman 1878 (brittle star)
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Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Hemieuryalidae
Full reference: T. Lyman. 1878. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae of the "Challenger" expedition. 1. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 5:65-163
Parent taxon: Hemieuryalidae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Matsumoto 1915 and Spencer and Wright 1966
Sister taxa: Hemieuryale, Hemieuryalinae, Ophiozonella
Subtaxa: Sigsbeia lunaris
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (3), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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