Freyellidae

Freyastera sp. ad meridiem Portus Divitis ad 4500 m altum

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Animalia — Echinodermata

Subphylum : Eleutherozoa 
Classis : Asteroidea 
Ordo : Brisingida 
Familia : Freyellidae 
Downey, 1986^[1][2]

   

Freyellidae sunt familia Asteroideorum maris profundi, una e binis familiis ordinis Brisingidorum.^[3] Plurimae huius familiae species in aquis Antarcticis et prope Australiam, nonnullae autem prope Novam Zelandiam et Civitates Foederatas reperiuntur.^[4]

Taxinomia

• Familia Freyellidae
  • Genus Astrocles Fisher, 1917
    • Astrocles actinodetus
    • Astrocles djakonovi
    • Astrocles japonicus
  • Genus Belgicella Ludwig, 1903 genus monotypicum
    • Belgicella racovitzana
  • Genus Colpaster Sladen, 1889
    • Colpaster edwardsii
    • Colpaster scutigerula
  • Genus Freyastera Downey, 1986
    • Freyastera benthophila
    • Freyastera digitata
    • Freyastera mexicana
    • Freyastera mortenseni
    • Freyastera sexradiata
    • Freyastera tuberculata
  • Genus Freyella Perrier, 1885 (synonymum: Freyellidea, Fisher, 1917)—31 species
  • Genus Freyellaster Fisher 1918
    • Freyellaster fecundus
    • Freyellaster intermedius
    • Freyellaster polycnema
    • Freyellaster scalaris
    • Freyellaster spatulifer

Notae

1. "Antarctic Invertebrates: Brisingida". Invertebrates.si.edu. 1970-01-01 .
2. "The World Asteroidea Database - Freyellidae". Marinespecies.org .
3. Marinespecies.org.
4. GBIF.org.

Bibliographia

• Clark, A. M., et C. Mah. 2001. An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida. In Echinoderm Studies, 6, ed. M. Jangoux et J. M. Lawrence, 229–347
• Downey, M. E. 1986. Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 435.
• Mah, C., et H. Hansson. 2013. Freyella Perrier, 1885. In World Asteroidea database, ed. C. L. Mah.