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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Eleutherozoa
Superclassis: Asterozoa
Classis: Asteroidea
Ordo: Brisingida

Familia: Brisingidae
Genus: Freyellaster
Sungenera (2): F. (Freyellaster) – F. (Pseudobrisinga)

Species overview: F. fecundus – F. hirsuta – F. intermedius – F. panopla – F. parallela – F. polycnema – F. scalaris – F. spatulifer – F. variispina
Name

Freyellaster Fisher, 1918

Type species: Freyella fecunda Fisher, 1905, by original designation.

References

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. [original description of Freyellaster p. 104]
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 Open access BHL Reference page. [as Freyellaster p. 537–538]
Fisher, W.K. 1928. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and Adjacent Waters. Part 2. Forcipulata (part). Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76: 1–245. BHL. Reference page. [as Freyellaster p. 21]
McKnight, D.G. 2006. The marine fauna of New Zealand: Asteroidea (sea-stars). 3. Orders Velatida, Spinulosida, Forcipulatida, Brisingida with addenda to Paxillosida, Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir. 120: 1–187. PDF Reference page. [as Freyellaster p. 81]
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 Open access. Reference page.

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