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): 210 [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy A synonym of Echinaster Muller & Troschel, 1840 according to Downey (1973) but of Nepanthia Gray, 1840 from synonymy of Henricia heteractis with N. belcheri by H.L. Clark (1938). [details]