WoRMS name details
original description
Pennant, T. (1777). British Zoology, vol. IV. Crustacea. Mollusca. Testacea. <em>London.</em> i-viii, 1-154, pls. 1-93., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/127011 page(s): 61 [details]
basis of record
Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy A synonym of Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 according to Sladen (1889) but proposed by A.M. Clark (1982) for suppression by the ICZN as a senior homonym of A. clathrata Say, 1825. [details]
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