original description
Perrier, E. (1875). Révision de la collection de stellérides du Museum d'Histoire naturelle de Paris. Paris, Reinwald. 384 p., available online at https://books.google.com/books?id=aY8qAAAAYAAJ&redir_esc=y
page(s): 123 [details]
basis of record
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Validity 'Probably valid" according to H.L. Clark (1921) but HLC also implies resemblance to Ophidiaster ophidianus and O. guidlingi from Atlantic!
A.M. Clark (1993) has indicated this species as problematic regarding the validity of this species. [details]