Genus Actinozonella gen. nov.

Etymology. The name is derived from the Greek words aktinos meaning ray, eluding to the pattern of disk plates of the type species resembling spokes of a wheel, and zonella (Greek = little belt) referring to the affinities of this genus with Ophiozonella . Gender feminine.

Type species. Ophiomastus texturatus Lyman, 1883

Description. As type species.