Species Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874
Compiler and date details
2012 - Tim O'Hara, Museum Victoria, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
- Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae, old and new. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard 3(10): 221-272 figs A-G pls 1-7 [232, pl. 4(11-17)].
Type data:
Holotype MCZ 2498, Philippines.
Paratype(s) MCZ 2499 2 specimens; MCZ 2634 7 specimens. - Ophiopsammium rugosum Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [116-117, pl. 13(4-6)].
Type data:
Holotype ZMA E2455 1 specimen (Siboga stn 273), Anchorage off Pulu Jedan, East coast of Aru-islands. (Pearl-banks)., 13m.
Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy
- Mortensen, T. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 55-112 figs 1-24 pls 1-2 [71]
Distribution
States
Queensland, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Indian, Indo-Pacific
IMCRA
Northwest Shelf Transition (26), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)
Ecological Descriptors
Benthic, continental shelf, inshore, marine.
General References
Clark, A.M. 1965. Japanese and other ophiuroids from the collections of the Munich Museum. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology 13(2): 37-71, 6 figs 1 pl [63] (as Ophiopsammium rugosum)
Clark, A.M. & Rowe, F.W.E. 1971. Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. London : Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History) 238 pp. 100 figs 31 pls. [84-85] (as Ophiopsammium semperi)
Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 25(4): 165-376, pls 1-20 [285] (as Ophiopsammium semperi)
Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 45(b): 1-142, pls 1-18 [116] (as Ophiopsammium semperi)
Koehler, R. 1930. Ophiures recueillies par le Docteur Th. Mortensen dans les Mers d'Australie et dans l'Archipel Malais. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn 89: 1-295 pls 1-22 [197] (as Ophiopsammium semperi)
Lyman, T. 1882. Ophiuroidea. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873–1876, Zoology 5: 1-385 pls 1-48 [231] (as Ophiopsammium semperi)
Mortensen, T. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran 2: 55-112 figs 1-24 pls 1-2 [71-73, pl. 1(5-7)] (as Ophiopsammium semperi)
Rowe, F.W.E. & Gates, J. 1995. Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Vol. 33 Echinodermata. Melbourne : CSIRO Australia 510 pp. [419] (as Ophiopsammium semperi)
History of changes
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