original description
Domantay, J.S. and Roxas, H. A. (1938). The Littoral Asteroidea of Port Galera Bay and adjacent waters. <em>Philippine Journal of Science.</em> 65(3): 203-237, 17 plates.
page(s): 213 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy A variety of Pentaceropsis tyloderma Fisher and presumably also synonymous with Pentaster obtusatus (Bory de St. Vincet, 1827) [details]