original description
Couthouy, J. P. (1838). Descriptions of new species of Mollusca and shells, and remarks on several Polypii, found in Massachussets Bay. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 2(1): 53-111., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32266711
page(s): 58; note: as Holothuria chrysacanthophora [details]
source of synonymy
Diesing, K. M. (1859). Revision der Rhyngodeen. <em>Sitzungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe.</em> 37: 719–782., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6441320 [details]
source of synonymy
van der Land, J. (ed). (2008). UNESCO-IOC Register of Marine Organisms (URMO). , available online at http://www.marinespecies.org/urmo/ [details]
new combination reference
Pourtalés, L. F. de. (1851). On the Gephyrea of the Atlantic coast of the United States. <em>Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 1851: 39-42., available online at https://books.google.co.jp/books?id=zwoLAAAAYAAJ&printsec=titlepage&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q&f=false [details]
From editor or global species database
Original description This species was originally described as Holothuria chrysacanthophora Couthouy, 1838. [details]