Warenophis, Stöhr, 2025

Stöhr, Sabine, 2025, Two new species of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea), living epizoic on a stalked crinoid, European Journal of Taxonomy 1022, pp. 176-201 : 190

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2025.1022.3087

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:B189BB0C-3060-4DC5-8F9B-35E8088DB699

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17465200

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/038987EE-2159-FFE1-FDBB-6E8BFD384FD4

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Warenophis
status

gen. nov.

Genus Warenophis gen. nov.

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Type species

Warenophis andersi sp. nov., here designated.

Diagnosis

As for type species.

Etymology

The name is a compound noun of masculine gender, honouring the eminent mollusc expert Anders Warén, who collected the species and is a mentor and long-time friend of the author, and ‘ ophis ’ (meaning ‘snake’ in Greek), alluding to Ophiuroidea.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Echinodermata

Class

Ophiuroidea

SuperOrder

Ophintegrida

Order

Ophiacanthida

Family

Ophiotomidae

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