Nomenclature
original description
(of Astropyga venusta Verrill, 1867) Verrill, A.E. (1868). Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 4. Notice of the corals and Echinoderms collected by Prof. C.F. Hartt, at the Abrolhos Reefs, Province of Bahia, Brazil, 1867. <em>Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 1 (2): 351-376., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/13380325
page(s): 296-298 [details]
basis of record
Schultz, H. (2011). Sea Urchins III: worldwide regular deep water species. <em>Heinke & Peter Schultz Partner, Hemdingen.</em> x+860-1338 pp. (look up in IMIS)
page(s): 1125; Fig. 1977 [details]
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