Nomenclature
original description
Heller, C. (1868). Die Zoophyten und Echinodermen des Adriatischen Meeres. Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft von Wien. 18, supplement: 1-88, 3 plates., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/43291
page(s): 75, pl. 3, figs 8-10 [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]
From regional or thematic species database
Spelling The originally published name is C. kirchsbergii, all other variations are incorrect subsequent spellings (i.e. C. kirschbergi, C. kirchsbergi, etc.) [details]