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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Kistimonas ophiarachnellae"

Name: "Kistimonas ophiarachnellae" Kawano et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.phi.a.rach.nel’lae. N.L. gen. fem. n. ophiarachnellae, of the brittle star genus Ophiarachnella

Gender: feminine

Nomenclatural type: JCM 36222; KCTC 8064; ToK13

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16S rRNA gene: OR359370 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Kawano K, Morimura H, Awano T, Kikuchi Y, Sawayama S, Nakagawa S. Subcuticular symbionts of intertidal brittle stars: diversity, host specificity, and functional potential. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag034. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Kistimonas Choi et al. 2010

Assigned by: Kawano K, Morimura H, Awano T, Kikuchi Y, Sawayama S, Nakagawa S. Subcuticular symbionts of intertidal brittle stars: diversity, host specificity, and functional potential. ISME Commun 2026; 6:ycag034. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 71758

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