Freyastera basketa

Familia: Freyellidae
Genus: Freyastera
Species: Freyastera basketa

Freyastera basketa Zhang et al., 2019

• ZooBank: C908CCCF-0549-4696-A40D-6E889E0711CA

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Mariana Trench, 11°49′N 141°58′E / 11.82°N 141.96°E / 11.82; 141.96, depth 4798 m.

• Holotype: RSIOAS038.

• Paratypes: RSIOAS006; RSIOAS008; RSIOAS039.

• Freyastera basketa Zhang et al., 2019: 4–5, figs. 3–4, 6B–C; — Zhang et al., 2025: 744 , figs. 6, 14E.

• Zhang, R-Y., Wang, C-S., Zhou, Y-D., Zhang, H-B. 2024. Morphology and molecular phylogeny of two new species in genus Freyastera (Asteroidea: Brisingida: Freyellidae), with a revised key to close species and ecological remarks. Deep-Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers 154: 1–9. DOI: 10.1016/j.dsr.2019.103163 . Reference page. 
• Zhang, R-Y., Zhou, Y-D., Mao, J-W., Wang, C-S. & Zhang, D-S., 2025. Hidden diversity of Freyastera (Asteroidea, Brisingida, Freyellidae) at great depth: Description of new species and remarks on species boundaries. Zoosystematics and Evolution 101(2): 735-760. DOI: 10.3897/zse.101.144918 . Reference page. 

• Freyastera basketa Zhang et al., 2019 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on October 13, 2025

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