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Antedon bifida

Crinoidea - Comatulida - Antedonidae

Taxonomy
Asterias bifida was named by Pennant (1777). It is extant. It is the type species of Antedon.

It was recombined as Antedon bifida by Hess and Messing (2011).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. atacicus

Synonyms
  • Decacnemos rosacea was named by Linck (1825) [Attribution is correctly Linck 1733. Linck 1733 originally described as "Δεκακνμος (=Decacnemos) rosacea" but the genus was not officially transcribed as Decacnemos until Bronn in 1825.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Antedon rosacea by Bosshard (1900); it was synonymized subjectively with Antedon bifida by Hess and Messing (2011).
  • Antedon gorgonia was named by de Freminville (1811). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Antedon bifida by Hess and Messing (2011).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1777Asterias bifida Pennant p. 55
1811Antedon gorgonia de Freminville p. 349
1825Decacnemos rosacea Bronn
1825Decacnemos rosacea Linck p. 55
1900Antedon rosacea Bosshard p. 55
2011Antedon bifida 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
speciesbifida(Pennant 1777)

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.

Antedon bifida Pennant 1777
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Invalid names: Antedon gorgonia de Freminville 1811 [synonym], Decacnemos rosacea Linck 1825 [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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available