Budenbachia beneckei Stürtz 1886 (brittle star)

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Alternative combination: Bundenbachia beneckei

Full reference: B. Stürtz. 1886. Beitrag zur Kenntnis paläozoische Seesterne. Palaeontographica 32:75-98

Belongs to Budenbachia according to W. K. Spencer 1940

See also Gregory 1897, Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915 and Stürtz 1886

Sister taxa: none

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

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Budenbachia beneckei in the database

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