Synonyms

(List may be incomplete)

• Asteracanthion polaris Müller & Troschel, 1842 (original combination)
• Asterias polaris (Müller & Troschel, 1842) Verrill, 1866: 356

Primary references

• Fisher, W.K. 1923. LXII.—A preliminary synopsis of the Asteriidæ, a family of sea-stars (concluded). Annals and Magazine of Natural History: Series 9 12(71): 595-607. DOI: 10.1080/00222932308632982 Reference page. 

• 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 polaris]

Additional references

• Boivin, Y.; Larrivée, D.; Himmelman, J. H. 1986. Reproductive cycle of the subarctic brooding asteroid Leptasterias polaris. Marine Biology. 92(3): 329-337. DOI: 10.1007/BF00392673

• Madeira, P.; Kroh, A.; Cordeiro, R.; de Frias Martins, A.M.; Ávila, S.P. 2019. The Echinoderm Fauna of the Azores (NE Atlantic Ocean). Zootaxa 4639(71): 1-231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4639.1 Reference page. 
• Rankin, W.M. 1901. Echinoderms collected off the west coast of Greenland by the Princeton Arctic Expedition of 1899. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 53: 169-181. BHL

[see page 171 as Asterias polaris]

• Rochette, R.; Hamel, J.-F.; Himmelman, J. H. 1994. Foraging strategy of the asteroid Leptasterias polaris: role of prey odors, current and feeding status. Marine ecology progress series. 106: 93-100 DOI: 10.3354/meps106093 PDF PDF

• Stimpson, W. 1862. On new genera and species of starfishes of the family Pycnopodidae (Asteracanthion Mueller & Troschel). Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8: 261-273. BHL Reference page. 

[see page 272 as A. polaris]

• Verrill, A.E. 1866. On the polyps and echinoderms of New England, with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 10: 333-357. BHL Reference page. 

[see page 356 as Asterias (Asteracanthion) polaris]