Freyastera mexicana

Familia: Freyellidae
Genus: Freyastera
Species: Freyastera mexicana

Freyastera mexicana (A.H. Clark, 1939)

• Original combination: Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939

• ZooBank: 047B5DEE-50BF-48DF-9723-1E112F210BC0

• Type locality: Gulf of Mexico, 28°00′15″N 87°42′00″W / 28.0042°N 87.7°W / 28.0042; -87.7, depth 2683 m.

• Holotype: USNM E 5602 [1].

• Freyella mexicana A.H. Clark, 1939: 442–446.
• Freyastera mexicana (A.H. Clark, 1939) Downey, 1986: 38–40, fig. 19; — A.M. Clark & Downey, 1992: 481; — Mah in A.M. Clark & Mah, 2001: 318; — Zhang et al., 2025: 747.

• Clark, A.H. 1939. Echinoderms of the Smithsonian-Hartford Expedition, 1937, with other West Indian records. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 86(3056): 441–456. BHL Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. 1992. Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. Reference page. 
• Clark, A.M. & Mah, C.L. 2001. An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 4. Forcipulatida and Brisingida, in: Jangoux, M. & Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (2001). Echinoderm Studies 6: 229–347. PDF. Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1986. Revision of the Atlantic Brisingida (Echinodermata: Asteroidea), with description of a new genus and family. Smithsonian contributions to Zoology 435: 1–57. DOI: 10.5479/si.00810282.435 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 mexicana (A.H. Clark, 1939) in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on October 15, 2025

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