Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Forcipulatacea > Order Brisingida > Family Freyellidae > Genus Freyastera

Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Freyastera*	Downey, 1986	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Freyella benthophila*	Sladen, 1889	synonym

Literature

original description	Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-1876, Zoology 30(51): xlii + 893 pages 118 plates.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
additional source	Downey. M.E. (1986). Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology No.435. 57pp.
additional source	Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889). In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123686