Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Cnidaria > Subphylum Anthozoa > Class Hexacorallia > Order Antipatharia > Family Antipathidae > Genus Stichopathes

Stichopathes gracilis (Gray, 1857)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Stichopathes*	Brook, 1889	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Antipathes (Cirripathes) gracilis*	Gray, 1857	synonym

Literature

basis of record	van der Land, J.; Opresko, D.M. (2001). Antipatharia, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). 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, 50: pp. 109
additional source	Schultze, L. S. 1896. Beitrag zur Systematik der Antipatharien. Abh. Senckenb. Naturforsch. Ges. 23:1–40.
additional source	Opresko, D. M. (1974). A study of the classification of the Antipatharia (Coelenterata:Anthozoa) with re-descriptions of eleven species. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Miami, 193 pp.• Miami, FL.
additional source	Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. China Science Press. 1267 pp.
additional source	Brook, G. (1889). Report on the Antipatharia collected by H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76. Report on the Scientific Results of the Voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873–76. Zoology. 32 (part 80): i-iii,1-222, pl. 1-15.
additional source	Totton, A.K., 1923. Coelenterata. Part III. Antipatharia (and their Cirripede commensals). Nat. Hist. Rep. Br. Antarct. ("Terra Nova") Exped., 1910-1913, 5: 97-120
additional source	Summers, S. L. M. (1910). VIII.-Antipatharians from the Indian Ocean. Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society. 30(3): 273-281.
additional source	Hickson, S. J. (1889). Coelenterata. Zoological Record, 26, 1-24
additional source	Zhou, J.; Zou, R. (1987). Studies on the antipatharians of China III. The genus Stichopathes. Tropical Oceanology (Re dai Hai yang), 6(3): 63-70
additional source	Roule L. (1902). Notice preliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince de Monaco. Roule, L. (1902). Notice préliminaire sur les Antipathaires provenant des collections du Prince du Monaco. Mémoires de la Société zoologique de France. 15: 228-239.
additional source	Molodtsova T.N. 2006. Black corals (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) of North-East Atlantic. pp. 141-151 In: Mironov A.N., A.V. Gebruk and A.J. Southward (eds.) Biogeography of the North Atlantic seamounts. Moscow. KMK Press 201 p.
additional source	Molodtsova T.N. 2005. A new species of Saropathes (Antipatharia: Anthozoa: Cnidaria) from the Norfolk Ridge (South-West Pacific, New Caledonia) - Zoosystema, 27 (4): 699-707.
additional source	Roule, L. (1905). Description des antipathaires et cérianthaires recueillis par S.A.S. le Prince de Monaco dans l'Atlantique nord (1886-1902). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert I Prince Souverain de Monaco. XXX: 1-96.
additional source	Gravier, C. (1921). Antipathaires provenant des Campagnes des Yachts Princesse-Alice et Hirondelle II (1903-1913). Résultats des Campagnes Scientifiques Accomplies sur son Yacht par Albert I Prince Souverain de Monaco. 59: 1-28.
additional source	Pasternak, F. A. (1976). New data on the composition and distribution of the deep-sea Antipatharians (Hexacorallia: Antipatharia) In the Pacific, Indian, and Atlantic oceans. Trudy Instituta Okeanologyi, 99, 45-58
additional source	Thomson, J. A.; Simpson, J. J. (1905). Report on the Antipatharia collected by Prof. Herdman at Ceylon. Report to the government of Ceylon on the pearl oyster fisheries of the gulf of Manaar. Part 4, Supplementary reports N25: 93-106.
additional source	Johnson, J. Y. (1899). Notes on the antipatharian corals of Madeira, with descriptions of a new species and a new variety, and remarks on a specimen from the West Indies in the British Museum. Journal of Zoology. 68(1): 813-824.
additional source	Grasshoff, M. (1981). Die Gorgonaria, Pennatularia und Antipatharia des Tiefwassers der Biskaya (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Ergebnisse der französischen Expeditionen Biogas, Polygas, Geomanche, Incal, Noratlante und Fahrten der "Thalassa" II. Allgemeiner Teil. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 3, zoologie, section A, (3): 731-766
additional source	Schultze, L. S. (1902). Die Antipatharien der deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition 1898-1899. Chun, K. (1907). Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Deutschen Tiefsee-Expedition auf dem Dampfer" Valdivia" 1898-1899. 3:87-100.
additional source	Grasshoff, M. (1981). Die Gorgonaria, Pennatularia und Antipatharia des Tiefwassers der Biskaya (Cnidaria, Anthozoa). Ergebnisse der französischen Expeditionen Biogas, Polygas, Geomanche, Incal, Noratlante und Fahrten der "Thalassa" II. Taxonomischer Teil. Bulletin du Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle (Paris), 3, zoologie, section A, (4): 941-978

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Citation

Molodtsova, T.; Opresko, D. (2025). World List of Antipatharia. Stichopathes gracilis (Gray, 1857). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:103334