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WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
Emson, R.G. and Crump, R.H. (1979). Description of a new species of Asterina (Asteroidea), with an account of its ecology. Journal of the Marine Biology Association of the United Kingdom 59: 77-94, 1 pl. 8 figs. [details]
basis of record
Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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,. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Otheradditional source
Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details] 
Unreviewed
Authority Emson & Crump, 1978 [details]
Breeding Simultaneous hermaphrodite. Eggs are laid in masses and are brooded for three weeks under the humped body. May-June. [details]
Distribution Occurs in large, deep, high-level rock pools on fairly exposed shores; less common in lower pools and sublittoral. Recorded from a few sites in southwest England, south Wales, southwest Ireland, Strangford Lough and the Isle of Man. [details]
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