The World Asteroidea Database - Freyellaster spatulifer (Fisher, 1916)

Asteroidea taxon details

Freyellaster spatulifer (Fisher, 1916)

AphiaID

368530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368530)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Freyellaster Fisher, 1918

Original name

Freyella spatulifera Fisher, 1916

Synonymised names

Freyella spatulifera Fisher, 1916 · unaccepted

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of Freyella spatulifera Fisher, 1916) Fisher, W. K. (1916). New east Indian starfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 27-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336489
page(s): 34 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Freyellaster spatulifer (Fisher, 1916). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=368530 on 2025-05-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2008-10-19 21:40:20Z

created

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of Freyella spatulifera Fisher, 1916) Fisher, W. K. (1916). New east Indian starfishes. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 29: 27-36., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3336489
page(s): 34 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Natural History Museum, London (NHM): Collections Management Database System. [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 36747) (from synonym Freyella spatulifera Fisher, 1916)