original description
Grube, A.E. (1840). Actinien, Echinodermen und Würmer des Adriatischen- und Mittelmeers nach eigenen Sammlungen beschrieben. <em>Königsberg: J.H. Bon.</em> 92 pp., 12 figs., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10662919
page(s): 22 [details]
basis of record
Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy Treated as a synonym of Hacelia attenuata Gray, 1840 since Ludwig, 1897) but if published earlier then December, 1840 then should have priority, so this name is better suppressed. [details]