Synonyms

• Ophioderma appressa (Say, 1825) (wrong ending due to confusion about gender of Ophioderma, see Corrigenda of ICZN 1980. OPINION 1152)
• Ophioderma virescens Lütken, 1859

Synonymy: Lyman, 1865: 34

• Ophiura appressa Say, 1825 (original combination)

Primary references

• Clark, H.L. 1915. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page.  [recombination reference, see page 300]

• Lyman, T. 1865. Illustrated catalogue of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy, at Harvard College, No. 1: Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae. viii+200 pp.; pl. I-II; fig. 1-19. BHL Reference page.  [source of synonymy, see page 34 as Ophiura appressa]

• Lütken, C.F. 1859. Additamenta ad historiam Ophiuridarum. Anden Afdelning. Det kongelige danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Skrifter. Naturvidenskabelig og mathematisk Afdelning. 5: 177-271, 5 pl. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Ophioderma virescens, see pages 194-195, Tab. 1 fig. 4]

• Say, T. 1825. On the species of the Linnaean genus Asterias, inhabiting the coast of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 5: 141-154. BHL Reference page.  [original description of Ophiura appressa, see page 151]

Additional references

• ICZN 1980. OPINION 1152 (Case 1772). Ophiura Lamarck, 1801 and Ophioderma Müller & Troschel, 1840 (Ophiuroidea): ruling on application of these names. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 37(2): 78–80. BHL. [Corrigenda: 38(4): 317, 1981. BHL.] Reference page. 

• Verrill, A.E. 1899. Report on the Ophiuroidea collected by the Bahama Expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. Bulletin from the laboratories of natural history of the State University of Iowa. 5(1): 1-86; plates I-VIII. BHL. Reference page.  [see pages 6-7 as Ophiura appressa]

Links

• Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2020). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophioderma appressum (Say, 1825). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=245143 on 2020-03-24

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