WoRMS name details
Microphiopholis gracillima (Stimpson, 1854)
405791 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:405791)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Micropholis gracillima (Stimpson, 1854) · unaccepted
Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
(of Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854) Stimpson, W. (1854). Two new species of Ophiolepis, from the southern coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 224-226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870934#page/232/mode/1up [details]
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2026). World Ophiuroidea Database. Microphiopholis gracillima (Stimpson, 1854). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=405791 on 2026-05-30
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Nomenclature
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(of Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854) Stimpson, W. (1854). Two new species of Ophiolepis, from the southern coast of the United States. <em>Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.</em> 4: 224-226., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8870934#page/232/mode/1up [details]
basis of record Turner, R.L. 1985. Microphiopholis, replacement name for Micropholis Thomas, 1966 (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae) NON Huxley, 1859 (Amphibia: Dissorophidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wshington 98(4): 1028-1029. [details]
new combination reference Cano, L. Z.; Damiano, C. D. J. S.; Alitto, R. A. D. S.; Borges, M. (2026). Taxonomic status of the genera Amphipholis and Microphiopholis (Amphiuridae: Ophiuroidea): microstructural analyses and <i>Microphiopholis</i> (Amphiuridae: Ophiuroidea): microstructural analyses. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag059 [details]
basis of record Turner, R.L. 1985. Microphiopholis, replacement name for Micropholis Thomas, 1966 (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae) NON Huxley, 1859 (Amphibia: Dissorophidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Wshington 98(4): 1028-1029. [details]
new combination reference Cano, L. Z.; Damiano, C. D. J. S.; Alitto, R. A. D. S.; Borges, M. (2026). Taxonomic status of the genera Amphipholis and Microphiopholis (Amphiuridae: Ophiuroidea): microstructural analyses and <i>Microphiopholis</i> (Amphiuridae: Ophiuroidea): microstructural analyses. <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 207(1)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/zoolinnean/zlag059 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854) MCZ OPH-1403 [details]
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (2 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphiopholis gracillima)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1403) (from synonym Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (21 records)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (7 publications) (from synonym Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Microphiopholis gracillima)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To MCZbase - Harvard University (MCZ OPH-1403) (from synonym Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (21 records)
