WoRMS name details
original description
(of Asteracanthium distichum Brandt, 1851) Brandt, J.F. (1851). Bemerkungen uber die Asteriden und Echiniden Ochtskischen, Kamtschatischen und Behringschen Meeres. <em>A. Th. v. Middendorff, Reise in den aussersten Norden and Osten Sibiriens, etc.,.</em> vol. 2, pt. 1; Echinodermen, Ddr. F. Brandt und E. Grube pp. 27-34., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/37047739 page(s): 31 [details]
new combination reference
Sladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy could be identical with Leptasterias groenlandica (Steenstrup, 1857) according to Doderlein (1900) (from locality White Sea) but a synonym of Asterias rubens Linnaeus, 1758 according to Fisher (1930). [details]
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