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Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872)

124853 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124853)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia
  3. Echinodermata
  4. Asterozoa
  5. Ophiuroidea
  6. Myophiuroida
  7. Metophiurida
  8. Euryophiurida
  9. Ophiurida
  10. Ophiurina
  11. Ophiuridae
  12. Ophiurinae
  13. Ophiocten
  14. Ophiocten gracilis
accepted
Species
Ophiocten Lütken, 1855
Ophioglypha gracilis G.O. Sars, 1872 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophioglypha signata Verrill, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882) · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophioglypha gracilis G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212
page(s): 18 [details] OpenAccess publication
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2025). World Ophiuroidea Database. Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872). Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2025) European Register of Marine Species at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=124853 on 2026-07-15
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872). Accessed at: https://vliz.be/vmdcdata/narms/narms.php?p=taxdetails&id=124853 on 2026-07-15
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Hansson, Hans
2007-07-18 12:17:12Z
checked
Stöhr, Sabine
2019-06-28 09:36:14Z
changed
Stöhr, Sabine

original description (of Ophioglypha gracilis G.O. Sars, 1872) Sars, G.O. (1872). Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1871: 1-31., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/44067212
page(s): 18 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Ophioglypha signata Verrill, 1882) Verrill A.E. (1882). Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, Nº 4. <i>American Journal of Science</i>, (3)23: 216–225., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38921856
page(s): 220 [details] 

context source (Deepsea) Smirnov I.S., Piepenburg D., Ahearn C., Juterzenka K.V. (2014). Deep-sea fauna of European seas: An annotated species check-list of benthic invertebrates living deeper than 2000 m in the seas bordering Europe. Ophiuroidea. <i>Invertebrate Zoology</i>. Vol.11. No.1: 192–209 [in English]., available online at https://doi.org/10.15298/invertzool.11.1.18 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

additional source Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.). , available online at https://www.gu.se/sites/default/files/2020-10/NEAT%2AEchinodermata.pdf [details] OpenAccess publication
 
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To Barcode of Life (11 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ophioglypha signata Verrill, 1882)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (14 publications) (from synonym Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (16 publications) (from synonym Ophioglypha gracilis G.O. Sars, 1872)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiocten gracilis) 
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Ophiura signata) (from synonym Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882))
To GenBank (1 nucleotides; 0 proteins) (from synonym Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882))
To GenBank (2 nucleotides; 2 proteins) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Ophioglypha gracilis G.O. Sars, 1872)
To PESI (from synonym Ophioglypha signata Verrill, 1882)
To PESI (from synonym Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (6 records) (from synonym Ophioglypha signata Verrill, 1882)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (87 records) (from synonym Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882))