Infraorder Hemieuryalina Verrill 1899 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Ophiurida

Full reference: A. E. Verrill. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahamas Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin of the University of Iowa 5:1-86

Parent taxon: Ophiurina according to A. B. Smith et al. 1995

Sister taxa: Astrophiuridae, Ophiopyrgidae, Ophiuridae

Subtaxa: Ophiotrapezium

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of France (1 collection), Germany (2)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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