Freyastera giardi

Freyastera giardi

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 giardi

Name

Freyastera giardi (Koehler, 1907)

• Original combination: Freyella giardi Koehler, 1907

• ZooBank: CA3FBA2C-9F3D-4123-A70C-6E6B26D324BE

• Type locality: Weddell Sea, depth 4572–4791 m.

• Syntypes: BMNH 1912.11.11.30 [1]; MNHN-IE-2014-463; MOM-INV-0021953.

Synonymy

• Freyella giardi Koehler, 1907: 145; — Koehler, 1908: 578–581, pl. 6(53–57).
• Freyastera giardi (Koehler, 1907) Zhang et al., 2025: 748, fig. 8.

References

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1907. Astéries, Ophiures et Echinides recueillis dans les mers australes par la "Scotia" (1902-1904). Zoologischer Anzeiger. 32(6): 140-147. BHL Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1908. Astéries, Ophiures et Echinides de l'Expedition Antarctique National Ecossaise. Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 46 (3/22): 529-649. BHL 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 giardi (Koehler, 1907) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on October 15, 2025

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