Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
Full reference: E. Forbes. 1843. On the Radiata of the Eastern Mediterranean. Part I, Ophiuridae. Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 19:143-153
Parent taxon: Amphiuridae according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, Spencer and Wright 1966, Storc 2004 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxa: Amphioplus, Amphiurinae, Bibophiura, Deckersamphiura, Nullamphiura, Ophiactininae, Ophiocnida, Xanthamphiura
Subtaxa: Amphiura cretacea Amphiura lymani Amphiura plana Amphiura sanctaecrucis
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Belgium (2), Czechia (3), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (2), Mexico (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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