This species is recorded from the Caribbean coast of Panama based on the record of the junior synonym Amphipholis januarii Ljungman, 1867 being present in Panama (see Alvarado et al. 2008).
Turner, R.L. (1985). Microphiopholis, replacement name for Micropholis Thomas, 1966 (Ophiuroidea: Amphiuridae) NON Huxley, 1859 (Amphibia: Dissorophidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 98(4): 1028-1029.
Stimpson, W. (1854). Two new species of Ophiolepis, from the southern coast of the United States. Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., 4, 224-226.
Alvarado, J.J., F.A. Solis-Marin & C. Ahearn. (2008). Equinodermos (Echinodermata) del Caribe Centroamericano. Rev.Biol.Trop. 56 (Suppl. 3): 37-55.
Clark, H. L. (1918). Brittle stars, new and old. Bulletin Museum Comparative Zoology 62 (6): 263-338, 8 pl..
Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin, and C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.
Amphipholis gracillima (Stimpson, 1854) (synonym)
Amphipholis januarii Ljungman, 1867
Amphipholis pachybactra H.L. Clark, 1918 (synonym)
Ophiolepis gracillima Stimpson, 1854 (synonym)
Microphiopholis gracillima is een slangster uit de familie Amphiuridae.
De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort werd in 1854 gepubliceerd door William Stimpson.
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