WoRMS taxon details
Freyastera mexicana (A.H. Clark, 1939)
178530 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:178530)
accepted
Species
Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939) Clark, A. H. (1939). Echinoderms of the Smithsonian-Hartford Expedition, 1937, with other West Indian records. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 86: 441-456., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.86-3056.441
page(s): 442 [details]
page(s): 442 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Freyastera mexicana (A.H. Clark, 1939). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=178530 on 2026-07-12
Date
action
by
2005-08-04 07:50:58Z
created
Aracina, Claudia
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939) Clark, A. H. (1939). Echinoderms of the Smithsonian-Hartford Expedition, 1937, with other West Indian records. Proceedings of the U.S. National Museum 86: 441-456., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.86-3056.441
page(s): 442 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 442 [details]
basis of record Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To NMNH Extant Collection (Freyella mexicana USNM E0005602 - Dorsal) (from synonym Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Freyella mexicana USNM E0005602 - Lot) (from synonym Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 5602) (from synonym Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Freyella mexicana USNM E0005602 - Lot) (from synonym Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 5602) (from synonym Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939)
