Antedon
| Antedon Temporal range: | |
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| Antedon mediterranea | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Crinoidea |
| Order: | Comatulida |
| Family: | Antedonidae |
| Subfamily: | Antedoninae |
| Genus: | Antedon de Freminville, 1811 |
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Antedon is a genus of sessile, stemless crinoids found in shallow tropical and temperate marine environments worldwide. The genus first appears in the fossil record during the Cretaceous period.