WoRMS taxon details
original description
Grube, A. E. (1868). Asthenosoma varium. <i>Jahresbericht und Abhandlungen der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für vaterländische Cultur</i>. 45 (1867), 42-44., available online at https://archive.org/stream/verzeichnissder00kultgoog#page/n322/mode/2up/search/grube page(s): 42-43 [details]
original description
(of Asthenosoma grubei A. Agassiz, 1879) Agassiz, A. (1879). Preliminary report on the Echini of the Exploring Expedition of H.M.S "Challenger". Sir C. Wyville Thomson Chief of Civilian Staff. <em>Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> new series 6, 190-212., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8714483 page(s): 200-201 [details]
original description
(of Asthenosoma heteractis Bedford, 1900) Bedford, F.P. (1900). On the echinoderms from Singapore and Malacca. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1900: 271-299., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35994537 page(s): 278-280; pl. 21: fig. 2 [details]
original description
(of Cyanosoma urens Sarasin, 1886) Sarasin, C. F. & Sarasin, P. B. 1886. Über einen Lederigel aus dem Hafen von Trincomalie (Ceylon) und seinen Giftapparat. Zoologischer Anzeiger 9, 80-82., available online at http://www.archive.org/details/zoologischeranze91886caru page(s): 80-82 [details]
basis of record
Tortonese, E. (1977). Report on Echinoderms from the gulf of Aqaba (Red Sea). Italian Journal of Zoology N.S. S. IX(12): 273-290. [details]
additional source
Mortensen, T. (1935). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. II. Bothriocidaroida, Melonechinoida, Lepidocentroida, and Stirodonta, 647 pp., C. A. Reitzel & Oxford University Press, Copenhagen & London. page(s): 280-286 [details]
additional source
Weinberg, S. & de Ridder, C. 1998. Asthenosoma marisrubri n. sp. (Echinodermata, Echinoidea) from the Red Sea. Beaufortia 48, 27-46. [details]
additional source
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 [request]
Unreviewed
Distribution Also distributed in Maldive area, Ceylon, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, Philippine, China and south Japan (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995).
Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-167 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
Type locality unknown, but has been assumed to be in the 'East China Seas' (Clark & Rowe, 1971). Status and whereabouts undetermined (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
From editor or global species database
Unreviewed
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