MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Freyella elegans (Verrill, 1884)

Traits taxon details

Freyella elegans (Verrill, 1884)

AphiaID

123692 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123692)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Freyella Perrier, 1885

Orig. name

Brisinga elegans Verrill, 1884

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

(of ) Verrill, A.E. (1884). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 10. American Journal of Science. (3)28(127), 378-384., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974979
page(s): 382 [details]

Descriptive notes

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Freyella elegans (Verrill, 1884). Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024) Marine Species Traits at: https://marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123692 on 2024-05-07

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2024). Marine Species Traits. Freyella elegans (Verrill, 1884). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits./aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123692 on 2024-05-07

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Hansson, Hans

2008-01-21 08:09:52Z

changed

Mah, Christopher

[taxonomic tree]

original description (of ) Verrill, A.E. (1884). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, No. 10. American Journal of Science. (3)28(127), 378-384., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38974979
page(s): 382 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Dilman A.B. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Asteroidea. Invertebrate Zoology. Vol.11. No.1: 25–42 [in English]. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source 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. (look up in IMIS) [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

To Biodiversity Heritage Library (11 publications)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (43 records)