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Antedon

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

Taxonomy
Antedon was named by de Freminville (1811). It is extant. Its type is Asterias bifida. It is the type genus of Antedonidae, Antedonacea.

It was assigned to Antedoninae by Hess and Messing (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1811Antedon de Freminville
1825Decacnemos Bronn p. 6
1828Hibernula Fleming p. 494
1830Phytocrinus de Blainville p. 235
1834Ganymeda Gray p. 15
1877Kallispongia Wright p. 754
1891Cintedon Munier-Chalmas p. 22
1908Compsometra Clark p. 131
1937Repometra Clark p. 93
2011Antedon Hess and Messing p. 130

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumBlastozoa
classCrinoideaMiller 1821
subclassPentacrinoideaJaekel 1918
infraclassInadunata(Wachsmuth and Springer 1897)
RankNameAuthor
Cladida(Moore and Laudon 1943)
Eucladida
subclassArticulata(Miller 1821)
orderComatulidaClark 1908
suborderComatulidinaClark 1908
superfamilyAntedonoidea(Norman 1865)
familyAntedonidaeNorman 1865
subfamilyAntedoninaeNorman 1865
genusAntedonde Freminville 1811

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.

G. Antedon de Freminville 1811
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Antedon arabica Clark 1937
Antedon bifida Pennant 1777
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Invalid names: Antedon gorgonia de Freminville 1811 [synonym], Decacnemos rosacea Linck 1825 [synonym]
Antedon europaeus Thompson 1827
Antedon loveni Bell 1882
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Invalid names: Kallispongia archeri Wright 1877 [synonym]
Invalid names: Cintedon Munier-Chalmas 1891 [replaced], Compsometra Clark 1908 [synonym], Decacnemos Bronn 1825 [synonym], Ganymeda Gray 1834 [synonym], Hibernula Fleming 1828 [synonym], Kallispongia Wright 1877 [synonym], Phytocrinus de Blainville 1830 [synonym], Repometra Clark 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: facultatively mobileo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 16:07:27
Modified: 2009-10-08 14:29:07
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.07 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07France A. atacicus (59789)