Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Asterias violacea O.F. Mueller, 1788
• Asteracanthion rubens (Linnaeus, 1758) Müller & Troschel, 1842: 17
• Asteracanthion violaceus (O.F. Mueller, 1788) Müller & Troschel, 1842: 16

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL Reference page. 

[see page 661]

Additional references

• Müller, J.P. & Troschel, F.H. 1842. System der Asteriden. Braunschweig, Friedrich Vieweg und Sohn. xxx+134 pp. 12 pls. BHL Reference page. 

[see page 16 as Asteracanthion violaceus]

[see page 17 as Asteracanthion rubens]

• Müller, O.F. 1788. Zoologia Danica seu animalium Daniae et Norvegiae rariorum ac minus notorum descriptiones et historia. Volumen secundum: pp. [1–3], 1–56, pls. 41–80. Havniae [Copenhague], N. Möller. BHL Reference page. 

[see page 7 as Asterias violacea]