original description(ofMicrothele Brandt, 1835)Brandt, J. F. (1835). Echinodermata ordo Holothurina. <em>In: Prodromus Descriptionis Animalium ab H. Mertensio in Orbis Terrarum Circumnavigatione Observatorum. Fasc. I: 75 pps. Petropoli.</em> pp. 42-62., available online athttps://books.google.com/books?id=9-KK6BsniXcC[details]
original description(ofArgiodia Pearson, 1914)Pearson, J. (1914). Notes on the Holothurioidea of the Indian Ocean. II. The sub-genera Argiodia and Actinopyga. Spolia Zeylan. 9 (35): 173-190.[details]