original description(ofStephanasterias hebes Verrill, 1915)Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online athttps://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117 page(s): 26 [details]
basis of recordClark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. <i>Chapman & Hall Identification Guides</i>, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional sourceClark, A. M.; Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp.[details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Type locality South Africa (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details]