Abyssal fauna of the UK- 1 polymetallic nodule exploration claim, Clarion-Clipperton Zone, central Pacific Ocean: Echinodermata Author Glover, Adrian G Author Wiklund, Helena Author Rabone, Muriel Author Amon, Diva J Author Smith, Craig R Author O'Hara, Tim Author Mah, Christopher L Author Dahlgren, Thomas G text Biodiversity Data Journal 2016 4 7251 7251 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7251 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.4.e7251 1314-2828--7251 Freyastera benthophila (Sladen, 1889) Materials Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: b7ffe7a2-7be1-4d4f-b784-7aaecf0ee743 ; recordNumber: NHM_413; recordedBy: Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren, Maggie Georgieva ; individualCount: 1 ; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution; otherCatalogNumbers: 5023520; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519550 | KU519518 | KU519535; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Freyasteracf.benthophila; scientificName: Freyasterabenthophila; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Brisingida; family: Freyellidae; genus: Freyastera; scientificNameAuthorship: (Sladen, 1889); Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1 ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4011; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.862225 ; decimalLongitude: -116.546215 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, Chris Mah, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren ; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicle ; eventDate: 2013-10-21 ; eventTime: 00:39; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: RV06; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK ; collectionCode: ZOO ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Type status: Other material . Occurrence: catalogNumber: 16599946-2aba-4710-98e6-43c522061878 ; recordNumber: NHM_421; recordedBy: Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren, Maggie Georgieva ; individualCount: 3 ; preparations: tissue and DNA voucher stored in 80% non-denatured ethanol aqueous solution; otherCatalogNumbers: 5023523; associatedSequences: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/nuccore/KU519551; Taxon: taxonConceptID: Freyasteracf.benthophila; scientificName: Freyasterabenthophila; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Brisingida; family: Freyellidae; genus: Freyastera; scientificNameAuthorship: (Sladen, 1889); Location: waterBody: Pacific; stateProvince: Clarion Clipperton Zone; locality: UK Seabed Resources Ltd exploration claim UK-1 ; verbatimLocality: UK-1 Stratum A; maximumDepthInMeters: 4011; locationRemarks: RV Melville Cruise MV1313; decimalLatitude: 13.862225 ; decimalLongitude: -116.546215 ; geodeticDatum: WGS84; Identification: identifiedBy: Diva Amon, Chris Mah, Adrian Glover, Helena Wiklund, Thomas Dahlgren ; dateIdentified: 2015-06-01; identificationRemarks: identified by DNA and morphology; identificationQualifier: cf; Event: samplingProtocol: Remotely Operated Vehicle ; eventDate: 2013-10-21 ; eventTime: 00:39; habitat: Abyssal plain; fieldNumber: RV06; Record Level: language: en; institutionCode: NHMUK ; collectionCode: ZOO ; datasetName: ABYSSLINE; basisOfRecord: PreservedSpecimen Description 15cm long arm fragments of a Freyellidae recovered from ROV biobox. Identified by DNA and morphological examination (Fig. 10). Morphological identification suggests Freyastera benthophila detailed in Sladen 1889 ). Genetic data for this taxa with new GenBank accession numbers are provided in Table 2 Diagnosis Forms a unique monophyletic clade distinct from other AB01 specimens (Fig. 5). The speciemens differs significantly in sequence identity to the published 16S sequence of Freyastera benthophila on GenBank accession EU722993 (K2P = 0,064). The type locality of Freyastera benthophila is in South Pacific (39°41'S; 131°23'W, 4663m depth).