Family ANTEDONIDAE
Compiler and date details
2012 - Updated by Tim O'hara, Museum Victoria
2001 - Updated by Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
1995 - F.W.E. Rowe & J. Gates, Australian Museum, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Introduction
The large family Antedonidae is cosmopolitan and comprises 52 genera, seven of which are recorded in Australian waters. Sixteen species are recorded in the Australian fauna.
The antedonids are a family in the order Comatulida, distinguished from others by the following combination of character states: basals transformed into a rosette, five or rarely 10 radials; arms divided at primibranch 2; syzygy at brachials 3+4 and generally 9+10; distal brachials wedge-shaped; mouth central, anus excentric.
General References
Clark, A.H. & Clark, A.M. 1967. A monograph of the existing crinoids. Vol. 1. The comatulids. Part 5. — Suborders Oligophreata (concluded) and Macrophreata. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 82: 1-860 figs 1-53
Rasmussen, H.W. & Sieverts-Doreck, H. 1978. Articulata. pp. T813-T1027, figs 549-619 in Moore, R.C. & Teichert, C. (eds). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part T. Echinodermata 2. Crinoidea. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 3.
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
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| 15-Sep-2023 | 11-Dec-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 12-Feb-2010 | (import) |