Amphiura lymani Waring 1917 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae

Full reference: C. A. Waring. 1917. Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7(4):41-124

Belongs to Amphiura according to C. A. Waring 1917

Sister taxa: Amphiura cretacea, Amphiura plana, Amphiura sanctaecrucis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chico area in Bell's Canyon north of Simi fault (Locality 2 of Waring 1917), which is in a Campanian marine mudstone in the Chatsworth Formation of California

Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chico area in Bell's Canyon north of Simi fault (Locality 2 of Waring 1917)

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