''Freyella'' is a

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

of deep-sea-dwelling

starfish Starfish or sea stars are Star polygon, star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class (biology), class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to brittle star, ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to ...

in the

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Brisingida The Brisingids are deep-sea-dwelling starfish in the order Brisingida. Description These starfish have between 6 and 16 long, attenuated arms which they use for suspension feeding. Other characteristics include a single series of marginals, a ...

Species

There are currently 29 recognized

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

in this genus: - *'' Freyella attenuata'' Sladen, 1889 *'' Freyella breviispina'' (H.L. Clark, 1920) *'' Freyella dimorpha'' Sladen, 1889 *'' Freyella drygalskii'' (Döderlein, 1928) *'' Freyella echinata'' Sladen, 1889 *''

Freyella elegans ''Freyella elegans'' is a species of deep-water starfish in the Family (biology), family Freyellidae in the Order (biology), order Brisingida, living at abyssal depths in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean. Taxonomy All ''Freyella'' species occur i ...

'' (Verrill, 1884) *'' Freyella felleyra'' McKnight, 2006 *'' Freyella flabellispina'' Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984 *'' Freyella formosa'' Korovchinsky, 1976 *''

Freyella fragilissima ''Freyella'' is a genus of deep-sea-dwelling starfish in the Order (biology), order Brisingida. Species There are currently 29 recognized species in this genus: - *''Freyella attenuata'' Sladen, 1889 *''Freyella breviispina'' (H.L. Clark, 1920) ...

'' Sladen, 1889 *'' Freyella giardi'' Koehler, 1907 *'' Freyella heroina'' Sladen, 1889 *'' Freyella hexactis'' Baranova, 1957 *'' Freyella indica'' Koehler, 1909 *'' Freyella insignis'' Ludwig, 1905 *'' Freyella kurilokamchatica'' Korovchinsky, 1976 *'' Freyella loricata'' Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984 *'' Freyella macropedicellaria'' Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984 *'' Freyella microplax'' (Fisher, 1917) *'' Freyella microspina'' Verrill, 1894 *'' Freyella mutabila'' Korovchinsky, 1976 *'' Freyella octoradiata'' (H.L. Clark, 1920) *'' Freyella oligobrachia'' (H.L. Clark, 1920) *'' Freyella pacifica'' Ludwig, 1905 *'' Freyella pennata'' Sladen, 1889 *'' Freyella propinqua'' Ludwig, 1905 *'' Freyella recta'' Koehler, 1907 *'' Freyella remex'' Sladen, 1889 *'' Freyella vitjazi'' Korovchinsky & Galkin, 1984

References

{{Taxonbar, from=Q3469379 Brisingida Asteroidea genera