basis of recordClark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceRowe, 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]
From other sources
SpellingPerissaasterias in Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976).
Type species: Perissasterias polyacantha H.L. Clark, 1923 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]