Ferdina mena | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Valvatida |
Family: | Goniasteridae |
Genus: | Ferdina |
Species: | F. mena
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Binomial name | |
Ferdina mena Mah, 2017
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Ferdina mena, the false button star, is a species from the genus Ferdina. [1]
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]