source of synonymyClark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS) [details]
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Synonymy A synonym of Pentaceraster chinensis (Gray, 1840) according to A.M. Clark (1993-she states that it was inadmissably treated as a junior synonym by Doderlein) [details]