African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874

AphiaID

205601 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:205601)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Ophiotrichidae Ljungman, 1867

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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)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

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]

Taxonomic citation

Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205601 on 2026-08-20

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Ophiopsammium Lyman, 1874. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=205601 on 2026-08-20

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2000-07-26 06:49:18Z

created

Appeltans, Ward

2000-10-02 18:21:59Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2006-09-26 06:56:50Z

changed

Martinez, Olga

2007-07-12 13:29:01Z

checked

Stöhr, Sabine

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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]

additional source Neave, S.A. (1939 - 1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus. vol. 1-10 Online., available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]

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