original description
Tommasi, L.R. (1970). Lista dos Asteroides recentes do Brasil. <em>Contribuicoes avulsas do Instituto Oceanografico, Universidade de Sao Paulo, ser. Oceanografico Biologica.</em> 18: 1-61.
page(s): 10 [details]
source of synonymy
Clark, 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]
From editor or global species database
Holotype Holotype of type species in poor condition, conspecific with Linckia nodosa Perrier, 1875 according to Clark & Downey (1992). [details]