Ferdina mena

Ferdina mena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Goniasteridae
Genus:	Ferdina
Species:	F. mena
Binomial name
	Ferdina mena; Mah, 2017

Ferdina mena, the false button star, is a species from the genus Ferdina.^[1]

Taxonomy

The species' description is the result of a re-evaluation of ophidiasterids that led to the discovery of new genera and species supported by a distinctive set of characteristics that support a new subfamily, the Ferdininae, a group originally outlined by Marsh and Price (1991) within the Goniasteridae.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b CHRISTOPHER L. MAH (25 May 2017). "Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species". Zootaxa. 4271 (1): 1–72. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4271.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28610308. Wikidata Q36404137.
^ LOISETTE M. MARSH; ANDREW R. G. PRICE (30 May 1991). "Indian Ocean echinoderms collected during theSindbad Voyage (1980-81): 2. Asteroidea". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology: 61–70. ISSN 0007-1498. Wikidata Q126453689.

[:0-1] CHRISTOPHER L. MAH (25 May 2017). "Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species". Zootaxa. 4271 (1): 1–72. doi:10.11646/ZOOTAXA.4271.1.1. ISSN 1175-5334. PMID 28610308. Wikidata Q36404137.

[2] LOISETTE M. MARSH; ANDREW R. G. PRICE (30 May 1991). "Indian Ocean echinoderms collected during theSindbad Voyage (1980-81): 2. Asteroidea". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Zoology: 61–70. ISSN 0007-1498. Wikidata Q126453689.

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