original description
Tenison-Woods, J. E. 1883. One a new species of Stomopneustes and a new variety of Hipponoe variegata. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, 7: 93-94., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6461749
page(s): 94, pl. 7: figs 1-3 [details]
From editor or global species database
Status Mortensen (1943a: 505) considered Tenison-Woods' variant "alba" an albino. [details]