Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874 
AphiaID: 213619

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Ophiuroidea (Class) > Ophiurida (Order) > Ophiurina (Suborder) > Gnathophiurina (Infraorder) > Ophiotrichidae (Family) > Ophiopsammium (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874
Synonymised taxa		Ophiopsammium rugosum Koehler, 1905 (synonymized by Mortensen (1940))
Sources		original description: Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., Harvard College, Cambridge, Mass., Vol. 3: 221-272, 7 pls (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details] basis of record (from synonym): Stöhr Sabine (look up in IMIS) [details] [view taxon] original description (from synonym): Koehler, R. 1905. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. Siboga Expeditie, 45b. [details] [view taxon] source of synonymy (from synonym): Mortensen, T. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran, Part 2, 55-112. page(s): 71 [details] [view taxon]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		Red Sea [details]
Links		To Encyclopedia of Life To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Notes		Description: From the Philippines in Lyman (1874); also distributed in Persian Gulf, East Indies and Philippine (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf. General distribution: tropical, Indo-west Pacific Ocean, depth range 0-50 m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Holotype: Holotype Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) No. 2498, paratypes Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 2499 (2 specimens), Museum of Comparative Zoology No. 2634 (7 specimens). Type locality: Philippines (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213619
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-04-01 13:22:26Z   created   Onyango, Eunice 2000-09-20 08:24:09Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2007-07-18 12:17:12Z   checked   Stöhr, Sabine
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		Citation: Stöhr, S. (2013). Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874. In: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database. Accessed through: Stöhr, S. & O’Hara, T. (Eds) (2013) World Ophiuroidea database at http://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213619 on 2013-06-18