original description
Perrier, E. (1884). Mémoire sur les étoiles de mer recueilliés dans la mer des Antilles et le golfe du Mexique : durant les expéditions de dragace faites sous la direction de M. Alexandre Agassiz. <em>Archives (Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (France)).</em> 2. sér., t. 6.:127-276., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44579946
page(s): 272 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M. (1989). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 1: Paxillosida and Notomyotida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 3: 225-347. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy A synonym of some species of Styracaster according to Perrier (1894), but of S. spinosus Perrier, 1885 according to Madsen (1961), which is itself a synonym of S. armatus Sladen, 1883 according to Madsen (1981). [details]