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Stöhr, Sabine
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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]

Swedish Museum of Natural History; Department of Invertebrate Zoology, more

Function: PhD
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WoRMS Editorial Board (WoRMS editors), more

Function: Taxonomic editor

WoRMS Steering Committee (SC), more

Period: till 17th Sep 2017

GBIF-Sweden. Invertebrates. GBIF-SE:SMNH, Swedish Museum of Natural History., more
Stöhr, S.; O’Hara, T.; Thuy, B. (Eds) (2024). World Ophiuroidea Database. Accessed at https://www.marinespecies.org/ophiuroidea on yyyy-mm-dd, more

A1 Publications (22) [show]
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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more Appeltans, W.; Ahyong, S.T.; Anderson, G.; Angel, M.V.; Artois, T.; Bailly, N.; Bamber, R.N.; Barber, A.; Bartsch, I.; Berta, A.; Blazewicz-Paszkowycz , M.; Bock, P.; Boxshall, G.; Boyko, C.B.; Nunes Brandão, S.; Bray, R.A.; Bruce, N.L.; Cairns, S.D.; Chan, T.-Y.; Cheng, L.; Collins, A.G.; Cribb, T.H.; Curini-Galletti, M.; Dahdouh-Guebas, F.; Davie, P.J.F.; Dawson, M.N.; De Clerck, O.; Decock, W.; De Grave, S.; de Voogd, N.J.; Domning, D.P.; Emig, C.C.; Erséus, Ch.; Eschmeyer, W.; Fauchald, K.; Fautin, D.G.; Feist, S.W.; Fransen, C.H.J.M.; Furuya, H.; García-Alvarez, O.; Gerken, S.; Gibson, D.; Gittenberger, A.; Gofas, S.; Gómez-Daglio, L.; Gordon, D.P.; Guiry, M.D.; Hernandez, F.; Hoeksema, B.W.; Hopcroft, R.R.; Jaume, D.; Kirk, P.; Koedam, N.; Koenemann, S.; Kolb, J.B.; Kristensen, R.M.; Kroh, A.; Lambert, G.; Lazarus, D.B.; Lemaitre, R.; Longshaw, M.; Lowry, J.; MacPherson, E.; Madin, L.P.; Mah, C.; Mapstone, G.; McLaughlin, P.A.; Mees, J.; Meland, K.; Messing, C.G.; Mills, C.E.; Molodtsova, T.N.; Mooi, R.; Neuhaus, B.; Ng, P.K.L.; Nielsen, C.; Norenburg, J.; Opresko, D.M.; Osawa, M.; Paulay, G.; Perrin, W.; Pilger, J.F.; Poore, G.C.B.; Pugh, Ph.R.; Read, G.B.; Reimer, J.D.; Rius, M.; Rocha, R.M.; Sáiz Salinas, J.I.; Scarabino, V.; Schierwater, B.; Schmidt-Rhaesa, A.; Schnabel, K.E.; Schotte, M.; Schuchert, P.; Schwabe, E.; Segers, H.; Self-Sullivan, C.; Shenkar, N.; Siegel, V.; Sterrer, W.; Stöhr, S.; Swalla, B.; Tasker, M.L.; Thuesen, E.V.; Timm, T.; Todaro, M.A.; Turon, X.; Tyler, S.; Uetz, P.; van der Land, J.; Vanhoorne, B.; van Ofwegen, L.P.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Vanaverbeke, J.; Walker-Smith, G.K.; Walter, T.C.; Warren, A.; Williams, G.C.; Wilson, S.P.; Costello, M.J. (2012). The magnitude of global marine species diversity. Curr. Biol. 22(23): 2189-2202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2012.09.036, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more 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, more
Peer reviewed publications (2) [show]
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, more 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, more
Book chapter [show]
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, more
Abstract [show]
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, more
Other publication [show]
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., more
Thesis supervisor [show]
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., more

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