| Reference no. | Description | year | Name used | Page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 485 | UNEP-WCMC 2003 UNEP-WCMC Species Database. http://www.unep-wcmc.org. | 2003 | Molpadia abyssicola | --> |
| 833 | Ruppert, E.E., R.S. Fox and R.D. Barnes 2004 Invertebrate Zoology. A functional evolutionary approach. 7th Ed. Brooks/Cole, Thomson Learning learning, Inc. 990 p. | 2004 | Molpadia abyssicola | --> |
| 116416 | Pawson, D.L. and D.J. Vance 2007 Heteromolpadia joyceae, a new species of sea cucumber from New Zealand, with a key to New Zealand Molpadiidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Molpadiida). Zootaxa 1608:35-39. | 2007 | Molpadia abyssicola | 36 |