Synonyms

• Ophiopsammium rugosum Koehler, 1905

• Holotype? MNHN IE-2013-10204
• Type locality: off the east coast of Aru Islands, Arafura Sea
• Synonymized by Mortensen, 1940

Primary references

• Lyman, T. 1874. Ophiuridae and Astrophytidae: new and old. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 3: 221-272, 7 pls. BHL Reference page. 

[see page 232, original description]

Additional references

• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1905. Ophiures de l'expédition du Siboga. Part 2. Ophiures littorales. Siboga-Expeditie. E.J. Brill, Leiden. XLVb: 1-140, 18 pl. BHL Reference page. 

[see page 116, the original description of Ophiopsammium rugosum, and same page as Ophiopsammium semperi]

• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1940. Echinoderms from the Iranian Gulf. Asteroidea, Ophiuroidea, and Echinoidea. Danish Scientific Investigations in Iran. Part 2, 55-112, 14 figs, 2 pls. Reference page.