Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Crinozoa > Class Crinoidea > Subclass Articulata > Order Comatulida > Suborder Comatulidina > Superfamily Antedonoidea > Family Antedonidae > Subfamily Antedoninae > Genus Antedon

Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Antedon*	de Fréminville, 1811	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Comatula mediterranea*	Lamarck, 1816	basionym
*Antedon adriatica*	AH Clark, 1911	synonym
*Comatula annulata*	Risso, 1826	synonym
*Comatula mediterranea*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Albanian: krfori mesdhetar; zambaku i Mesdheut sources: Dhora, DH. 2008. Fjalor i emrave të kafshëve të Shqipërisë (Emri shkencor – Shqip – Anglisht) / Dictionary of animal names of Albania (Scientific names – Albanian – English). Camaj – Pipa. Shkodër, Albania. pp. 288.

Catalan: comàtula sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

English: feather star sources: Club d'immersió Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona

German: Mittelmeer-Haarstern

Italian: giglio di mare

Spanish, Castillian: comátula mediterránea

Literature

basis of record	Clark AH, Clark AM (1967) A monograph of the existing crinoids 1(5). Bulletin of the United States National Museum (82):1-860.
additional source	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
new combination reference	Clark AH (1908) The genus Ptilocrinus. American Naturalist 42(500):541-543.

Taxon found in 55 publications.

9 specimens with barcodes

Genbank

Link to Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (34 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GenBank (11 nucleotides; 33 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Messing, C. (2014). Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816). In: Messing, C. (2014) World List of Crinoidea. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124208