Ophiuroidea - Amphilepidida - Amphiuridae
Full reference: A. V. Ljungman. 1867. Ophiuroidea viventia huc usque cognita enumerata. Öfversigt af Kongelige Vetenskapsakademiens Forhandlingar Stockholm 1866(9):303-336
Parent taxon: Amphiuroidea according to T. D. O'Hara et al. 2018
See also Berry 1941, Clark and Twitchell 1915, Jagt 2000, Matsumoto 1915, O'Hara et al. 2017, Skwarko 1963, Smith et al. 1995, Spencer and Wright 1966, Storc 2004 and Storc and Zitt 2008
Sister taxon: Amphilepididae
Subtaxa: Amphioplus Amphiura Amphiurinae Bibophiura Deckersamphiura Nullamphiura Ophiactininae Ophiocnida Xanthamphiura
Type: Amphiura
Ecology: semi-infaunal detritivore-suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (2: California collections), Venezuela (1)
• Oligocene of Japan (1)
• Paleocene of France (1)
• Cretaceous to Paleogene of the Netherlands (1)
• Cretaceous of Australia (1), Belgium (2), the Czech Republic (3), Denmark (1), France (2), Germany (2), Mexico (1), the Netherlands (2), Switzerland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of France (2)
Total: 25 collections including 26 occurrences