Freyellaster spatulifer

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

Name

Freyellaster spatulifer (Fisher, 1916)

• Original combination: Freyella spatulifera Fisher, 1916

• Type locality: Albatross R/V Station 5668. Indonesia, Sulawesi, Celebes Island, Makassar Strait, Cape Rangas. 2.4708°S 118.817°E / -2.4708; 118.817. Depth 1648 m.

• Holotype: USNM 36747 [1].

Synonymy

• Freyella spatulifera Fisher, 1916: 34–35.
• Freyellaster spatulifer (Fisher, 1916) Fisher, 1918: 104; — Fisher, 1919: 538–540, pl. 144(1), pl. 154(3), pl. 155(1, 1a–h); — Macan, 1938: 420.
• Freyellaster (Freyellaster) spatulifer (Fisher, 1916); — Zhang in Zhang et al., 2023: 17.

References

• Fisher, W.K. 1916. New east Indian starfishes. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 29: 27-36. BHL Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Fisher, W.K. 1919. Contributions to the biology of the Philippine Archipelago and adjacent regions, vol. 3 . Starfishes of the Philippine seas and adjacent waters. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 100(3): 1–547. 156 pls. hdl: 10088/21263 BHL Reference page. 
• Macan, T.T. 1938. Asteroidea. The John Murray Expedition 1933–34. Scientific Reports 4(9): 323–435. 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.