Ophiocten gracilis

Familia: Ophiuridae
Genus: Ophiocten
Species:

Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872)

Original combination: Ophioglypha gracilis G.O. Sars, 1872

• Ophioglypha gracilis G.O. Sars, 1872: 18–22.
• Ophioglypha signata Verrill, 1882: 220–221; — Hoyle, 1884: 718; — Downey, 1969: 126.
  • Synonymised by Paterson, Tyler & Gage (1982).
• Ophiocten pattersoni Lyman, 1883: 244, pl. 4 figs. 46–48.
  • Synonymised by Paterson, Tyler & Gage (1982).
  • Type locality: United States, east of New Jersey. 40°01′00″N 70°58′00″W / 40.0166666°N 70.966666°W / 40.0166666; -70.966666. Depth 129 fms.
  • Holotype: MCZ:IZ:OPH-770 [1].
• Ophiocten Le Danteci Koehler, 1895: 458–460.
• Ophiocten le-danteci Koehler, 1895.
• Ophiocten amitinum var. boreale Hertz, 1927.
• Ophiocten sericeum var. gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872) Mortensen, 1933: 98.
• Ophiocten sericeum gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872) Semenova, Mileikovsky & Nesis, 1964.
• Ophiura signata (Verrill, 1882) Bell, 1892: 110–111; — H.L. Clark, 1915: 324; — Mortensen, 1927: 245.
  • Synonymised by Paterson, Tyler & Gage (1982).
• Ophiocten gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1872) Paterson, Tyler & Gage, 1982: 115–117, fig. 4.

• Bell, F.J. 1892. Catalogue of the British echinoderms in the British Museum (Natural History). London: Printed by Order of the Trustees. 1–292. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.11515 .Reference page. 
• Clark, H.L. 1915a. Catalogue of recent ophiurans: based on the collection of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy. Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 25(4): 163–376, 20 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Downey, M.E. 1969. Catalog of recent Ophiuroid type specimens in major collections in the United States. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 293: 1–239. BHL Reference page. 
• Hertz, M.C. 1927a. Die Ophiuroiden der Deutschen Südpolar-Expedition. Deutsche Südpolar-Expedition 1901-1903, 19. Zoologie. 11: 1-54. Reference page. 
• Hoyle, W.E. 1884. Report on the Ophiuroidea of the Faröe Channel, mainly collected by H.M.S. "Triton" in August 1882, with some remarks on the distribution of the order. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 12: 707–730. BHL.Reference page. 
• Koehler, J.B.F.R. 1895. Draguages profonds exécutés à bord du "Caudan" dans le Golfe de Gascogone. Rapport préliminaire sur les échinodermes. Revue biologique du nord de la France. 7: 439-496. BHL Reference page. 
• Lyman, T. 1883. Reports on the results of dredging, under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Carribbean Sea (1878-79), and on the east coast of the United States, during the summer of 1880, by the U.S. coast survey steamer “Blake”, commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N., commanding. XX.- Report on the Ophiuroidea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 10(6), 227-287. BHL Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1927. Handbook of the echinoderms of the British Isles. Humphrey Milford/Oxford University Press: London. IX, 471 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Mortensen, O.T.J. 1933a. Ophiuroidea. The Danish Ingolf-Expedition. 4(8): 1–121. BHL Reference page. 
• Paterson, G.L.J., Tyler, P.A., Gage, J.D. 1982. The taxonomy and zoogeography of the genus Ophiocten (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in the North Atlantic Ocean. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), zoology. 43(3): 109–128. BHL Reference page. 
• Semenova, T.N., Mileikovsky, S.A. & Nesis, K.N. 1964. The morphology, distribution and seasonal incidence of the Ophiuroid larva of Ophiocten sericeum (Forbes) in the North West Atlantic, Norwegian Sea and Barents Sea Plankton. Okeanologiya 4(4): 669–683. [not seen] Reference page. 
• Sars, G.O. 1872 [1871]. Nye Echinodermer fra den norske kyst. Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-selskabet i Christiania, 1871: 1-31. BHL Reference page. 
• Verrill, A.E. 1882. Notice of the remarkable marine fauna occupying the outer banks off the southern coast of New England, Nº 4. American Journal of Science. Ser. 3. 23(20): 216–225. BHL.Reference page. 

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