Freyella recta Koehler, 1907a

Madeira, Patrícia, Kroh, Andreas, Cordeiro, Ricardo, De, António M., Martins, Frias & Ávila, Sérgio P., 2019, The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean), Zootaxa 4639 (1), pp. 1-231 : 168-169

Erroneous— Freyella recta Koehler, 1907a

Reports for the Azores:

Freyella recta Koehler, 1907 a—Grieg 1932: 31; Mortensen 1927a: 122.

Type locality: Mid-Atlantic Ridge (31°45’30”N, 42°42’30”W).

See: Koehler (1909: 127–129, pl. 21, fig. 7, pl. 22, fig. 4, pl. 3, figs. 3–5); A.M. Clark & Downey (1992: 485–486, fig. 73).

Occurrence: known with certainty from the type material collected only from the Mid-Atlantic Ridge (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992).

Depth: 3,465 m ( Koehler 1909).

Habitat: soft bottoms ( Globigerina ooze; Koehler 1909).

Remarks: Freyella recta is known only with certainty from the type material (A.M. Clark & Downey 1992). This species was described by Koehler (1907a, 1909) based on a poorly preserved specimen taken by Princesse Alice in the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, about 600 miles southwest from the Azorean waters. Later reports from the archipelago by Mortensen (1927a) and Grieg (1932) erroneously placed the record of Princesse Alice cruise in the archipelago.