Freyastera mortenseni

Freyastera mortenseni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Brisingida

Familia: Freyellidae
Genus: Freyastera
Species: Freyastera mortenseni

Name

Freyastera mortenseni (Madsen, 1956)

• original combination: Freyella mortenseni Madsen, 1956
• Type locality: Galathea St. 654, Kermadec Trench, 5850 m; 0°32′10″ 0°175′54″; 18. feb 1952
• Holotype: ZMUC AST-000029[1].
• Etymology: named after Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.

Synonymy

• Freyella mortenseni Madsen, 1956: 29–32, textfig. 4–5, pl. 1 fig. 4.
• Freyella mortenseni Madsen, 1956 McKnight, 2006: 81; — Mah, 2022: 15–17, fig. 4A–F.

References

• Madsen F.J. 1956. Echinoidea, Asteroidea, and Ophiuroidea from depths exceeding 6000 meters. Galathea report. 2: 23–32. PDF Reference page. 
• Mah, C.L 2022. New Genera, Species and Occurrences of Deep-Sea Asteroidea (Valvatacea, Forcipulatacea, Echinodermata) collected from the North Pacific Ocean by the CAPSTONE Expedition. Zootaxa. 5164(1): 1–75. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5164.1.1 Reference page. 
• McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page.