original description(ofAsterias acanthostoma Verrill, 1909)Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584[details]
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Synonymy Reduced to a forma of E. troscheli by Fisher (1930) and Djakonov (1950). [details]