WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Astropecten comptus Verrill, 1915) Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117 page(s): 176 [details]
original description
(of Astropecten dubius Gray, 1840) Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 175-184., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2335959 page(s): 182 [details]
original description
(of Asterias articulata Say, 1825) Say, T. (1825). On the species of the Linnaean genus <i>Asterias</i> inhabiting the coast of the U.S. <em>Journal of the Academy of natural sciences of Philadelphia.</em> 5, 141-154., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24657187 page(s): 141 [details]
basis of record
Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source
Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
From other sources
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
From editor or global species database
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