Freyastera delicata

Familia: Freyellidae
Genus: Freyastera
Species: Freyastera delicata

Freyastera delicata Zhang et al., 2019

• ZooBank: 8141E19B-49B1-4A0E-88A6-C96FD174E777

• Type locality: North Pacific Ocean, Caiwei Seamount, 15°56′N 155°37′E / 15.94°N 155.61°E / 15.94; 155.61, depth 4322 m.

• Holotype: RSIOAS022.

• Paratype: RSIOAS041.

• Freyastera delicata Zhang et al., 2019: 2–4, figs. 2, 6A; — Zhang et al., 2025: 742–744 , figs. 5, 14D.

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

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