I am a museum scientist and curator, working on systematics, collection management, database development, and with various other activities. My main interest is echinoderms, focusing on brittle stars (Ophiuroidea). My research integrates living and extinct taxa, based on morphological studies. I joined WoRMS as an editor in 2007, because I wanted to contribute to this invaluable resource. I strive to keep it as up-to-date as possible, in collaboration with Tim O'Hara of the Museum Victoria in Melbourne and Ben Thuy of the Natural History Museum in Luxemburg.
Taxonomic terms: Animalia [WoRMS]; Echinodermata [WoRMS]; Ophiuroidea [WoRMS]
Goharimanesh, M.; Stöhr, S.; Ghassemzadeh, F.; Mirshamsi, O.; Adriaens, D. (2023). A methodological exploration to study 2D arm kinematics in Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata). Front. Zool. 20(1): 15. https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12983-023-00495-y
Nethupul, H.; Stöhr, S.; Zhang, H. (2023). Deepest known novel species of the genus Ophiuroglypha Hertz, 1927 (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the central rift zone, Philippine Sea. Eur. J. Taxon. 891: 167-185. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2023.891.2281
Goharimanesh, M.; Ghassemzadeh, F.; De Kegel, B.; Van Hoorebeke, L.; Stöhr, S.; Mirshamsi, O.; Adriaens, D. (2022). The evolutionary relationship between arm vertebrae shape and ecological lifestyle in brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). J. Anat. 240(6): 1034-1047. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/joa.13617
Nethupul, H.; Stöhr, S.; Zhang, H. (2022). Order Euryalida (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea), new species and new records from the South China Sea and the Northwest Pacific seamounts. ZooKeys 1090: 161-216. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1090.76292
Nethupul, H.; Stöhr, S.; Zhang, H. (2022). New species, redescriptions and new records of deep-sea brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the South China Sea, an integrated morphological and molecular approach. Eur. J. Taxon. 810: 1-95. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2022.810.1723
Gerdes, K.; Kihara, T.C.; Martinez Arbizu, P.; Kuhn, T.; Schwarz-Schampera, U.; Mah, C.; Norenburg, J.; Linley, T.D.; Shalaeva, K.; MacPherson, E.; Gordon, D.; Stöhr, S.; Messing, C.; Bober, S.; Guggolz, T.; Christodoulou, M.; Gebruk, A.; Kremenetskaia, A.; Kroh, A.; Sanamyan, K.; Bolstad, K.; Hoffman, L.; Gooday, A.; Molodtsova, T. (2021). Megafauna of the German exploration licence area for seafloor massive sulphides along the Central and South East Indian Ridge (Indian Ocean). Biodiversity Data Journal 9: e69955. https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/bdj.9.e69955
Goharimanesh, M.; Stöhr, S.; Mirshamsi, O.; Ghassemzadeh, F.; Adriaens, D. (2021). Interactive identification key to all brittle star families (Echinodermata; Ophiuroidea) leads to revised morphological descriptions. European Journal of Taxonomy, 766. Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris. 63 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2021.766.1483
Hamel, J.-F.; Stöhr, S.; Côté, D.; Casey, K.; Penney, H.D.; de Moura Neves, B.; Mercier, A. (2021). Range extension and first record of the deep-sea brittle star Ophiactis abyssicola (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) in Canadian waters. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 101(8): 1181-1184. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s002531542200011x
Stöhr, S.; Weber, A.A.-T.; Boissin, E.; Chenuil, A. (2020). Resolving the Ophioderma longicauda (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) cryptic species complex: five sisters, three of them new. Eur. J. Taxon. 600: 1-37. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2020.600
Thuy, B.; Stöhr, S. (2018). Unravelling the origin of the basket stars and their allies (Echinodermata, Ophiuroidea, Euryalida). NPG Scientific Reports 8(1): 14 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-018-26877-5
Horton, T.; Gofas, S.; Kroh, A.; Poore, G.C.B.; Read, G.; Rosenberg, G.; Stöhr, S.; Bailly, N.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Brandão, S.N.; Costello, M.J.; Decock, W.; Dekeyzer, S.; Hernandez, F.; Mees, J.; Paulay, G.; Vandepitte, L.; Vanhoorne, B.; Vranken, S. (2017). Improving nomenclatural consistency: a decade of experience in the World Register of Marine Species. Eur. J. Taxon. 389: 1-24. https://dx.doi.org/10.5852/ejt.2017.389
Conand, C.; Mulochau, T.; Stöhr, S.; Eléaume, M.; Chabanet, P. (2016). Inventory of echinoderms in the Iles Eparses (Europa, Glorieuses, Juan de Nova), Mozambique Channel, France. Acta Oecol. (Montrouge) 72: 53-61. https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actao.2015.06.007
Thuy, B.; Kiel, S.; Dulai, A.; Gale, A.S.; Kroh, A.; Lord, A.R.; Numberger-Thuy, L.D.; Stöhr, S.; Wisshak, M. (2014). First glimpse into Lower Jurassic deep-sea biodiversity: in situ diversification and resilience against extinction. Proc. - Royal Soc., Biol. Sci. 281(1786): 6 pp. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.2624
Conand, C.; Stöhr, S.; Eleaume, M.; Magalon, H.; Chabanet, P. (2013). The Echinoderm fauna of Europa, Eparses Island, (Scattered Islands) in the Mozambique channel (South Western Indian Ocean). Cah. Biol. Mar. 54(4): 499-504
Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, T.C.; Vanhoorne, B.; Decock, W.; Appeltans, W. (2013). Global coordination and standardisation in marine biodiversity through the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) and related databases. PLoS One 8(1): 20 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0051629
Glück, F.U.; Stöhr, S.; Bochert, R.; Zettler, M.L. (2012). Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the continental shelf off Angola and Namibia. Zootaxa 3475(1): 1-20. https://dx.doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3475.1.1
Stöhr, S.; O'Hara, T.D.; Thuy, B. (2012). Global diversity of brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea). PLoS One 7(3): e31940. dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0031940
Schander, C.; Rapp, H.T.; Kongsrud, J.A.; Bakken, T.; Berge, J.; Cochrane, S.J.; Oug, E.; Byrkjedal, I.; Todt, C.; Cedhagen, T.; Fosshagen, A.; Gebruk, A.V.; Larsen, K.; Levin, L.A.; Obst, M.; Pleijel, F.; Stöhr, S.; Warén, A.; Mikkelsen, N.T.; Hadler-Jacobsen, S.; Keuning, R.; Petersen, K.H.; Thorseth, I.H.; Pedersen, R.B. (2010). The fauna of hydrothermal vents on the Mohn Ridge (North Atlantic). Mar. Biol. Res. 6(2): 155-171. https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17451000903147450
Stöhr, S.; Conand, C.; Boissin, E. (2008). Brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from La Réunion and the systematic position of Ophiocanops Koehler, 1922. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 153(3): 545-560. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2008.00401.x
Stöhr, S. (2005). Who's who among baby brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea): postmetamorphic development of some North Atlantic forms. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. 143(4): 543-576. https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2005.00155.x
Stöhr, S.; Segonzac, M. (2005). Deep-sea ophiuroids (Echinodermata) from reducing and non-reducing environments in the North Atlantic Ocean. J. Mar. Biol. Ass. U.K. 85(2): 383-402. https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0025315405011318h
Goharimanesh, M.; Mirshamsi, O.; Stöhr, S.; Ghassemzadeh, F.; Adriaens, D. (2021). New data on brittle stars (Echinodermata: Ophiuroidea) from the Persian Gulf and Oman Sea, Iran. Iranian Journal of Animal Biosystematics 17(1): 29-37. https://dx.doi.org/10.22067/ijab.2021.69812.1008
O'Hara, T.D.; Stöhr, S. (2006). Deep water Ophiuroidea (Echinodermata) of New Caledonia: Ophiacanthidae and Hemieuryalidae, in: Richer de Forges, B. et al. (Ed.) Tropical Deep-Sea Benthos 24. Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (1993), 193: pp. 33-141
Stöhr, S.; O'Hara, T.D. (2003). Deep-sea ophiuroids of New Caledonia: a preliminary report, in: Féral, J.-P. et al.Echinoderm Research 2001: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference on Echinoderm Research, Banyuls-sur-mer, 3-7 September 2001. pp. 49-52
Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2011). The World Register of Marine Species: an authoritative, open-access web-resource for all marine species, in: The future of the 21st century ocean: Marine Sciences and European Research Infrastructures. An International Symposium, 28th June - 1 July 2011 Brest, France. pp. 30
Appeltans, W.; Decock, W.; Vanhoorne, B.; Hernandez, F.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Fauchald, K.; Gordon, D.P.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Poore, G.C.B.; van Soest, R.; Stöhr, S.; Walter, C.; Costello, M.J. (2010). The World Register of Marine Species, the first online inventory of all marine species [Poster]. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ)/WoRMS Steering Committee: Oostende. 1 poster pp.
Goharimanesh, M. (2022). Comparative functional morphology and systematics of brittle stars (Ophiuroidea): a case study from the intertidal zone of the Persian Gulf/Oman Sea. PhD Thesis. Ghent University. Faculty of Sciences/Ferdowsi University of Mashhad. Faculty of Sciences: Gent. 252 pp.
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