Freyastera loricata

Freyastera loricata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Brisingida

Familia: Freyellidae
Genus: Freyastera
Species: Freyastera loricata

Name

Freyastera loricata (Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984)

• Original combination: Freyella loricata Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984

• ZooBank: 1C4D14B1-7EF0-4CD7-9E22-8C81724EB05E

• Type locality: East of the Kuril-Kamchatka Trench, depth 4995–5998 m.

• Syntype: IORAS ECH00161.

Synonymy

• Freyella loricata Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984: 1208.
• Freyastera loricata (Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984) Zhang et al., 2025: 748, fig. 9A–D..

References

• Korovchinsky, N.M. & Galkin, S.V. 1984. New data on the fauna of starfishes of the genus Freyella (Brisingidae). Zoologicheskiy Zhurnal 63(8): 1205–1215. Reference page. 
• Zhang, R-Y., Zhou, Y-D., Mao, J-W., Wang, C-S. & Zhang, D-S., 2025. Hidden diversity of Freyastera (Asteroidea, Brisingida, Freyellidae) at great depth: Description of new species and remarks on species boundaries. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(2): 735-760. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.144918 . Reference page. 

Links

• Freyastera loricata (Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on October 16, 2025

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