original description
(of Asterias richardi Perrier in Milne-Edwards, 1882) Milne-Edwards, A. (1882). Rapport sur les Travaux de la Commission chargée par M. le Ministre de l'Instruction Publique d'étudier la faune sous-marine dans les grandes profondeurs de la Méditerranée et de l'Océan Atlantique. <em>Archives des missions scientifiques et littéraires.</em> 9(3): 1-59., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36108810
page(s): 20 [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]
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Validity Possibly conspecific with S. neglecta in which case this name may require suppression by the ICZN according to A.M. Clark in Clark & Downey (1992: 448, 451, 511) [details]
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