Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Alternative combinations: Budenbachia grandis, Bundenbachia grandis

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

Belongs to Palaeophiomyxa according to W. K. Spencer 1940

See also Lehmann 1957, Owen 1965, Schuchert 1915, Stürtz 1886 and Stürtz 1899

Sister taxa: Taeniaster armoricanus, Taeniaster elegans, Taeniaster ibericus, Taeniaster spinosus, Alepidaster granuliferus, Alepidaster miamiensis, Alepidaster flexuosus

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

Distribution: found only at Eschenbach-Bocksberg mine, Bundenbach (Devonian of Germany)

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