Ophiernus adspersus is een slangster uit de familie Ophiuridae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1883 gepubliceerd door Theodore Lyman. (1883). Reports on the Results of Dredging, under the Supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Caribbean Sea in 1878-79, and along the Atlantic Coast of the United States during the Summer of 1880, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer "Blake." XX. Report on the Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 10(6): 236
Ondersoorten Ophiernus adspersus adspersus Ophiernus adspersus annectens , 1899 (1899). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 23(2): 107 = Ophiernus polyporus , 1899 (1899). Reports on an exploration off the west coasts of Mexico, Central and Southern America and off the Galapagos Islands. XXV. The Ophiuridae. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College 23(2): 109 = Ophiernus belyaevi , 1975 = Ophiernus barracloughi , 1976
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