Marine Species: Antedon bifida

(Pennant, 1777)

Antedon bifida
Photographed by: João Pedro silva

Taxonomy Structure

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Crinoidea
Order: Comatulida
Family: Antedonidae
Genus: Antedon
Species: Antedon bifida

Species Data:

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Common Name: Rosy feather-star
Description: Hemispherical central dorsal plate. Cirrus with fifteen to eighteen internodes.
Habitat: Ciaphilar species. Infra and circalittoral; above the rocks, on rock's cavities.
Color: Red colour.
Dimensions: Tentacle's length: 8 cm.
Geographical Distribution: Atlantic Ocean

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