Freyastera tuberculata

Freyastera tuberculata

Freyastera tuberculata

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brisingida
Superregnum: Eukaryota 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 tuberculata

Name

Freyastera tuberculata (Sladen, 1889)

• Original combination: Freyella tuberculata Sladen, 1889

• ZooBank: 5749074B-AC5A-4FF8-820C-454BEB5B40CB

• Type locality: Atlantic Ocean: between Canary Islands and Cape Verde Islands; between the coast of Africa and the Island of Ascension, depth 4298–4390 m.

• Holotype: BMNH 1890.5.7.1076-1077 [1].

Synonymy

• Freyella tuberculata Sladen, 1889: 638–640, pl. 117(1–3); — Alcock, 1893: 121.
• Freyellidea tuberculata (Sladen, 1889) Fisher, 1917: 429; — H.L. Clark, 1920: 113.
• Freyastera tuberculata (Sladen, 1889) Downey, 1986: 41–43, fig. 21; — A.M. Clark & Downey, 1992: 482; — Mah in A.M. Clark & Mah, 2001: 319; — Zhang, 2025: 748, fig. 9E–I.

References

• Alcock, A.W. 1893. Natural history notes from H. M. Indian marine Survey Steamer `Investigator,' Commander C. F. Oldham, R. N., commanding.--Series II., No. 7. An account of the collection of deep-sea Asteroidea. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, (Series 6) 11(62) (art. 15): 73–121. BHLReference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Mah, C.L. 2001. An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies 6: 229–347. PDF. Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1920a. Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the Eastern Tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U.S. Fish commission Steamer “Albatross”, from October 1904, to March 1905, Lieut. Commander L.M. Garrett, U.S.N., Commanding. XXXII. Asteroidea. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(3): 70–113. BHL. Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1986. Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 435: 1–57. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.435 Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Sladen, 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., 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 tuberculata (Sladen, 1889) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on October 16, 2025

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