WoRMS taxon details
Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874
- Species Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874
- Species Ophiopsammium nudum H.L. Clark, 1923 accepted as Ophiothela nuda (H.L. Clark, 1923) accepted as Ophiothela venusta (de Loriol, 1900)
- Species Ophiopsammium rugosum Koehler, 1905 accepted as Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874 (synonymized by Mortensen (1940))
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [details]
Description Teeth : tooth-papillae numerous and arranged in a vertical, oval clump, as in Ophiothrix. No mouth-papillae. Disk and arms...
Description Teeth : tooth-papillae numerous and arranged in a vertical, oval clump, as in Ophiothrix. No mouth-papillae. Disk and arms naked below, but closely granulated above. Arm-spines stout and thorny, mounted on a crest-like side arm-plate, as in Ophiothrix. Tentacles long, covered with papillae, and issuing, not from the under surface, but from the side of the arm. This genus is nearest Ophiothela, but differs in having the whole upper surface closely granulated, as also in the side arm-plates. [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205601 on 2025-05-13
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Nomenclature
original description
Lyman, T. (1874). Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College.</em> 3: 221-272, 7 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6705490 [details]
Other
additional source
Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]
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Description Teeth : tooth-papillae numerous and arranged in a vertical, oval clump, as in Ophiothrix. No mouth-papillae. Disk and arms naked below, but closely granulated above. Arm-spines stout and thorny, mounted on a crest-like side arm-plate, as in Ophiothrix. Tentacles long, covered with papillae, and issuing, not from the under surface, but from the side of the arm. This genus is nearest Ophiothela, but differs in having the whole upper surface closely granulated, as also in the side arm-plates. [details]Remark Type species: Ophiopsammium semperi Lyman, 1874 by monotypy (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details]
