original descriptionGray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online athttp://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up page(s): 278 [details]
source of synonymyRowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia'.</em> 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne).[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality