Freyellaster polycnema

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: Brisingidae
Genus: Freyellaster
Subgenus: Freyellaster (Freyellaster)
Species: Freyellaster (Freyellaster) polycnema

Name

Freyellaster polycnema (Sladen, 1889)

Original combination: Freyella polycnema Sladen, 1889

Type locality: Challenger station 171. North-eat of the Kermadec Islands. 28.550000°S 177.833333°W / -28.550000; -177.833333. Depth 600 fms.

Synonymy

• Freyella polycnema Sladen, 1889: 621–623, pl. 109 figs. 12–17.
• Freyellaster polycnema (Sladen, 1889) Fisher, 1918: 104; — McKnight, 2006: 82–83.
• Freyellaster (Freyellaster) polycnema (Sladen, 1889); — Zhang in Zhang et al., 2023: 17.

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1918. Notes on Asteroidea. II. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology serie 9. 2(7): 103–111. BHL 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. 
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. 
• Zhang, R.-Y., Fau, M., Mah, C.L., Eléaume, M., Zhang, D.-S., Zhou, Y.-D., Lu, B., Wang, C.-S. 2023. Systematics of deep-sea starfish order Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with a revised classification and assessments of morphological characters. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 191: 1–21. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2023.107993 . Reference page.