Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Asterias miniata Brandt, 1835 (original combination)
• Asterina miniata (Brandt, 1835) Sladen, 1889
• Asteriscus miniatus (Brandt, 1835) Stimpson, 1857
• Patiria coccinea Gray, 1840

Primary references

• Brandt, J.F., 1835. Prodromus descriptionis animalium ab H. Mertensio observatorum : fascic. I. Polypos, Acalephas Discophoras et Siphonophoras, nec non Echinodermata continens. 203-275. BHL.Reference page.  [see page 268 as Asterias miniata, original description]
• Verrill, A.E. 1867. Notes on Radiata in the Museum of Yale College, with descriptions of new genera and species. No. 1. Descriptions of new starfishes from New Zealand. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences. 1(2): 247–251. BHL Reference page.  [see page 324, recombination reference, and page 326, distribution]

Additional references

• Fisher, W.K. 1911. Asteroidea of the North Pacific and adjacent waters. Part 1. Phanerozonia and Spinulosida. Bulletin of the United States National Museum. 76(1): xiii+420 pp.; 122 pls. BHL Reference page.  [see page 254 as Asterina miniata; pl. 56, figs. 8, 8a.; pl. 61, figs. 1-4; pl. 62, figs. 1, 2. ]
• Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page.  [see page 290 as Patiria coccinea, original description]
• Sladen, W.P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i-xlii, 1-893 BHL Reference page.  [see page 774 and 775 as Asterina miniata, recombination reference]
• Stimpson, W. 1857. On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. Boston Journal of Natural History. 6: 444-532, Pates XVIII-XXIII. BHL Reference page.  [see page 530 as Asteriscus miniatus, recombination reference]
• Verrill, A.E. 1909. Remarkable development of starfished on the Northwest American coast; Hybridism; Multiplicity of rays; Teratology; Problems in evolution; Geographical distribution. The American naturalist. 43(513): 542-555. BHL Reference page.  [see page 547 and Fig. 2 page 548]
• Verrill, A.E. 1913. Revision of the genera of starfishes of the sub-family Asterininae. The American journal of science. 35: 477–485. BHL Reference page.  [see page 482]