original description
(of Hippasteria leiopelta f. aculeata Djakonov, 1950) Djakonov, A.M. (1950 (1968 translation)). Starfish of the Soviet Union [Sea stars (Asteroids) of the USSR Seas.]. <em>Tableaux analytiques de la faune de l'URSS.</em> 34: 1-203, 23 pls. (183 pp in translated version).
page(s): 47; note: page number is from 1968 translation [details]
From editor or global species database
Synonymy A forma of Hippasteria leiopelta Fisher, 1910. Would be a junior secondary homonym of aculeata Barrett, 1857 (as Astrogonium) if that had not been synonymized with Hippasteria phrygiana (Pareliu, 1768) by Sladen (1889). [details]