Nomenclature
original description
Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 261 [details]
From editor or global species database
Validity No subsequent references found; validity uncertain. C. affinis (=C. koreni) cited under C. papposus by Downey in Clark & Downey (1992). [details]