Freyellaster variispina

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 (Pseudobrisinga)
Species: Freyellaster (Pseudobrisinga) variispina

Name

Freyellaster variispina (Ludwig, 1905)

• original combination: Brisinga variispina Ludwig, 1905
• Type locality: Albatross R/V, 28 Oct 1899, station 3689. French Polynesia, Tuamotu Archipelago, Marokau Island, 6 km NE of NW Point of Island. 18.033333°S 142.28333°W / -18.033333; -142.28333. Depth 1476 m.
• Syntypes: MCZ AST-2427 [1]; USNM 34335 [2].

Synonymy

• Brisinga variispina Ludwig, 1905: 249–255.
• Craterobrisinga variispina (Ludwig, 1905) Fisher, 1917: 426.
• Freyellaster (Pseudobrisinga) variispina (Ludwig, 1905) Zhang in Zhang et al., 2023: 17.

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1917f. New genera and species of Brisingidae. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 20(8): 418–431. BHL Reference page. 
• Ludwig, H. 1905. Asterroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. 32: vii–xii, 1–292. 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.