Etang de Thau, France, 5 meters, 2015, WBN
Antedon mediterranea is a feather-star of up to 20 cm in diameter. It has 10 feathery branched arms and between 25 to 30 cirri. Its color is variable: white, yellow, brown or red. It is attached temporarily to other invertebrates (sponges, sea-fans) or to hard substrata by means of its cirri, generally in current-swept areas where it can catch plankton with its extended arms.
Antedon mediterranea is present from surface to 80 m deep in the Mediterranean Sea.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Monde)
Animalia (Règne)
Echinodermata (Embranchement)
Crinozoa (Sous-embranchement)
Crinoidea (Classe)
Articulata (Sous-classe)
Comatulida (Ordre)
Antedonoidea (Super-famille)
Antedonidae (Famille)
Antedoninae (Sous-famille)
Antedon (Genre)
Antedon mediterranea (Espèce)
Cirri : articulated prehensive extensions arising from the lower surface of the central disc used to cling on hard substrata.
Text :Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2007 - 2026.
Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
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Données de distribution : Antedon mediterranea (Lamarck, 1816) in GBIF Secretariat (2019). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-07-19.
Source : World Register of Marine Species
Biota (Monde)
Animalia (Règne)
Echinodermata (Embranchement)
Crinozoa (Sous-embranchement)
Crinoidea (Classe)
Articulata (Sous-classe)
Comatulida (Ordre)
Antedonoidea (Super-famille)
Antedonidae (Famille)
Antedoninae (Sous-famille)
Antedon (Genre)
Antedon mediterranea (Espèce)
Cirri : articulated prehensive extensions arising from the lower surface of the central disc used to cling on hard substrata.
Text : Anne Bay-Nouailhat © 2007 - 2026.
Photos : © Wilfried Bay-Nouailhat. Published with his kind permission.
Bay-Nouailhat A., June 2007, Description de Antedon mediterranea, [En ligne] https://www.mer-littoral.org/uk/30/antedon-mediterranea.php, consultée le 19 juillet 2026.
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