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Lyman (1882) intended this to be a synonym of Ophioderma tonagan Lütken, 1872, but assigned his own name to it as authority. Ziesenhenne (1955) stated that it is not conspecific with Lütken's O. tongana, but a synonym of Ophioderma leonis, which today is a synonym of O. wahlbergii. Clark & Courtman-Stock (1976) assigned Lyman's specimen to O. appressa. Thus, the status of this name is still unclear.

Clark, A.M. & Courtman-Stock, J. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. 

Lyman, T. (1882). Report on the Opiuroidea. <em>Report of the Scientific Results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger 1873-76. Zoology.</em> 5(1), 1-386. 

Ziesenhenne, F.C. 1955. A review of the genus Ophioderma M. & T. Essays in the natural sciences in honour of Captain Alan Hancock, 185-201.