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Antedon loveni Bell, 1882 (not Bell, 1884) 
AphiaID: 714271

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Crinozoa (Subphylum) > Crinoidea (Class) > Articulata (Subclass) > Comatulida (Order) > Comatulidina (Suborder) > Antedonoidea (Superfamily) > Antedonidae (Family) > Antedoninae (Subfamily) > Antedon (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Antedon de Fréminville, 1811
Sources  original description: Bell FJ (1882) An attempt to apply a method for formulation to the species of the Comatulidae; with a description of a new species. Proceedings of the Zoological Soceity of London 6:530-536, pl. 35. [details]

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. [details]

Environment marine
Notes  Diagnosis: Antedon with centrodorsal hemispherical, more or less flattened, with fairly large convex polar area. Cirri 15-30, short (usually about a fifth of arm length), 7-8 mm long, of 12-14 cirrals, distally gently recurved and somewhat flattened and wider; longest with L/W ratio ~2; decreasing distally; antepenultimate with L/W ratio ~1.5. P1 of 10-13 segments; P2 of 7-10 segments and about half as long as P1; P3 larger than P2. Arm bases making less than a right angle with the oral-aboral axis, at least when arms not fully extended. Arms 20-70 mm (usually 30-35 mm).
The relatively longer cirri, which are not strongly flattened and recurved distally and have longer distal segments, the more or less hemispherical centrodorsal, the smaller P1 with fewer segments and the absence of the characteristic flattened appearance distinguish this species from the other south Australian form, A. incommoda. [details]

Distribution: Port Stephens, NSW, to Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia. Depth range: shore line to 18 m. [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:714271
Taxonomic
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2012-12-29 20:15:08Z  created  Messing, Charles
  
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  Citation: Messing, C. (2013). Antedon loveni Bell, 1882 (not Bell, 1884). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=714271 on 2013-05-26
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