original description
Sladen, 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 at http://www.19thcenturyscience.org/HMSC/HMSC-Reports/Zool-51/README.htm [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 variety of Dytaster exilis Sladen, which itself is thought to be a synonym of Dytaster grandis (Verrill, 1884) but a distinct variety of D. exilis Sladen, 1889 according to John (1950), since treated as a synonym of D. insignis (Perrier, 1883) by Downey (1973). [details]