Sigsbeia Lyman 1878 (brittle star)

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

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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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