WoRMS taxon details
Nomenclatureoriginal description
(of Triplasterias mercatoris Engel, Croes & Schroevers, 1960) Engel, H., Croes, A.F. & Schroevers, W.G.F. (1960). Les asterides recoltees par l'expedition du Navire-Ecole Belge <i>Mercator</i> 1935-1936.A. Les Asterides recoltees sur les cotes orientales de l'Amerique entre la Floride et le Venezuela. <em>Bulletin Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique.</em> XXXVI, no. 54: 1-10, 3 plates. page(s): 7 [details]
original description
(of Asterias tanneri Verrill, 1880) Verrill, A. E. (1880). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England. <em>American Journal of Science.</em> 3(20): 390-403., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38973336 page(s): 401 [details]
basis of record
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]
Othercontext source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source
Fisher, W.K. (1924). The genus <i>Sclerasterias</i> Perrier. Bulletin de Institut Oceanographique, Monaco 414(3): 1-8 [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]
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