Family Amphilepididae Matsumoto 1915 (brittle star)
Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphilepididae
Full reference: H. Matsumoto. 1915. A new classification of Ophiuroidea: with description of genera and species. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 67:43-92
Parent taxon: Amphiuroidea according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also O'Hara et al. 2017 and Smith et al. 1995
Sister taxon: Amphiuridae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Amphilepididae in the database