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Budenbachia beneckei

Ophiuroidea - Oegophiurida - Protasteridae

Taxonomy
Budenbachia beneckei was named by Stürtz (1886). It is the type species of Budenbachia.

It was recombined as Bundenbachia beneckei by Lehmann (1957); it was misspelled as Bundenbachia beneckei by Owen (1965).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Budenbachia beneckei Stürtz p. 83 figs. pl. 8 fig. 7
1897Budenbachia beneckei Gregory p. 1034 figs. fig. 4
1915Budenbachia beneckei Schuchert p. 234 figs. text-fig. 27
1940Bundenbachia beneckei Spencer pp. 500-503 figs. text-figs. 327, 328
1957Bundenbachia beneckei Lehmann pp. 43-46 figs. text-figs. 12, pl. 10 figs. 1-5, pl. 11 figs. 1-4
1965Bundenbachia beneckei Owen p. 551

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
RankNameAuthor
Asterozoa()
classOphiuroidea
orderOegophiurida
suborderLysophiurina()
familyProtasteridae
genusBudenbachia
speciesbeneckei

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Budenbachia beneckei Stürtz 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: slow-movingc
Life habit: low-level epifaunalc
Diet: detritivorec
Diet 2: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-29 11:30:09
Modified: 2010-02-12 01:58:57
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available