WoRMS taxon details
original description
Pomory, C. M.; Carpenter, J. H.; Winter, J. H. (2011). Amphicutis stygobita, a new genus and new species of brittle star (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea: Ophiurida: Amphilepididae) found in Bernier Cave, an anchialine cave on San Salvador Island, Bahamas. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 3133: 50-68. [details]
From editor or global species database
Biology To date this is the only known cave-dwelling (stygobitic) ophiuroid. Its morphology is strongly paedomorphic. [details]
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