original descriptionSladen, W.P. (1889). Report on the Asteroidea. <em>Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–1876. Zoology.</em> 30 (part 51): xlii + 893 pages, 118 plates., available online athttp://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm[details]
context source (Deepsea)Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online athttp://www.iobis.org/[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Synonymy A synonym of Benthopecten simplex (Perrier, 1881) according to Ludwig (1910) and A.M. Clark (1981), though in the meantime treated as valid or as a synonym of B. spinosus Verrill, 1884. [details]