WoRMS taxon details
original description
(of Monachaster umbonatus Macan, 1938) Macan, T.T. (1938). Asteroidea. Scientific Reports, John Murray Expedition 1933-1934, 4(9): 323-435, plates 1-6., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49518843 page(s): 399 [details]
original description
(of Goniodiscus sanderi Meissner, 1892) Meissner, M. (1892). Asteriden gesammelt von Herrn Stabsarzt Dr. Sander auf der Reise SMS “Prinz Adalbert”. <em>Archiv für Naturgeschichte.</em> 1892(1): 183-190., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6386685 page(s): 185 [details]
basis of record
Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). Monograph of shallow-water indo-west Pacific Echinoderms. <em>Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History).</em> London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]
additional source
Ludwig, H. (1899). Echinodermen des Sansibargebietes. <em>Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft, Bonn.</em> 21(1): 537-563., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26416428 [details]
additional source
Walenkamp, J.H.C. (1990). Systematics and zoogeography of Asteroidea (Echinodermata) from Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Zoologische Verhandelingen 261, Leiden. 86 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
From other sources
Description Colour in life: slate grey with purplish borders to supero-marginals, medreporite with circle of ten purplish spots, adoral surface mid-grey centre of plates paler, furrow spines white to red <213>.
General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagacar (Tortonese, 1980). [details]
Remark In family Goniasteridae in Tortonese (1980). [details]
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