Annotated species list of Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) from the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman, with new records
Author
Fatemi, Yaser
Author
Stöhr, Sabine
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Zootaxa
2019
2019-12-13
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journal article
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Ophiopsammium semperi
Lyman, 1874
Ophiopsammium semperi
Lyman, 1874: 232
, pl. 4, figs 11–17.
Habitat:
Coral reef, on a Gorgonian, soft clay with sand, hard clay,
15–51 m
(
Mortensen 1940
).
Persian Gulf and Gulf of
Oman
:
Bushehr (2), Qeshm Island (10), Khoor Mousa (30), Bandar-Imam (31) (ibid.).
Indian Ocean:
Red Sea
(
Clark & Rowe 1971
).
Remarks:
This species may have been misidentified by
Mortensen (1940)
and confused with
Ophiothela venusta
(
Peyghan
et al.
2018
)
. It has not been found since
Mortensen’s (1940)
record and it is therefore unclear if the species occurs in the study area.