Nomenclature
original description
Sladen, W.P. (1883) The Asteroidea of H.M.S. <i>Challenger</i> Expedition, pt. 2. Astropectinidae. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology 17: 214-269., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/31628552
page(s): 249 [details]
From editor or global species database
Taxonomy Referred to Persephonaster by Goto (1914) but retained in Astropecten by Doderlein (1917) and John (1948) [details]