Freyella Perrier, 1885

Zhang, Ruiyan, Zhou, Yadong, Mao, Jingwen, Wang, Chunsheng & Zhang, Dongsheng, 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), pp. 735-760 : 735-760

Genus Freyella Perrier, 1885

Type species.

Freyella spinosa Perrier, 1885 , now regarded as a synonym of Freyella elegans (Verrill, 1884) .

Diagnosis.

Arms 6–15. Papulae absent. One pair of gonads on each arm. The first pair of inferomarginal plates not in contact with the odontophore. Inferomarginal plates generally correspond to every 2 nd adambulacral plate beyond genital area. Abactinal arm in genital region covered with pavement of spinate plates.