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Definition of Antedonidae
1. Noun. Feather stars.
Generic synonyms: Echinoderm Family
Group relationships: Class Crinoidea, Crinoidea
Specialized synonyms: Comatulidae, Family Comatulidae
Member holonyms: Antedon, Genus Antedon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Antedonidae
Literary usage of Antedonidae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Common Invertebrate Animals: Exclusive of Insects by Henry Sherring Pratt (1916)
"... is perhaps never permanently rooted, but anchors itself temporarily by its
cirri, and possibly moves about at will. The Antedonidae and ..."
2. A Treatise on Zoology by Edwin Ray Lankester (1900)
"Antedonidae. Pinnate in which the patina consists of 5 small BB, not forming a
closed ... The remaining Antedonidae retain the portion of stem below the ..."
3. Palæontology--Invertebrate by Henry Woods (1902)
"The most important families are the Antedonidae and the ... much less abundant
than the Antedonidae and Actino- ..."
4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"... details into significant morphological differences, and blinding him to the
fundamental similarities of structure which the Antedonidae show. ..."
5. Prodromus faunae mediterraneae, sive Descriptio animalium maris Mediterranei by Julius Victor Carus (1893)
"Antedonidae 85. antennata (Caprella) 387. - (Polydora) 257. antennatus (Aristeus)
472. — таг. (Bugula) II. 6. ..."
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