WoRMS taxon details
original description
Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]
original description
(of Astrostegus tuberculatus Mortensen, 1933) Mortensen, T. (1933). Echinoderms of South Africa (Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening 93.</em> 65: 215-400. [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details]
redescription
Okanishi, M.; Fujita, T. (2014). A taxonomic review of the genus Asterostegus (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), with the description of a new species. <em>European Journal of Taxonomy.</em> 94 (1), 187-201., available online at https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2014.76 [details] Available for editors [request]
From other sources
Type locality off Durban, 382m; only one specimen recorded. [details]
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