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]

Freyastera sp. ad meridiem Portus Divitis ad 4500 m altum

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

Taxinomia

recensere
  • 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

Bibliographia

recensere
  • 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.