original description
Liao, Y. & A. M. Clark. (1996). On a new species of <i>Ophidiaster</i> (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from southern China. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, London (Zoology) 62(1): 37-39. [details]
additional source
Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy nom. nov. for O. armatus A.M. Clark (1982). [details]