WoRMS taxon details

Monachaster sanderi (Meissner, 1892)

213137  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213137)

accepted
Species
Monachaster umbonatus Macan, 1938 · unaccepted (Synonym according to Clark and...)  
Synonym according to Clark and Rowe (1971) & verified by Tortonese (1976)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(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]   
Description Colour in life: slate grey with purplish borders to supero-marginals, medreporite with circle of ten purplish spots, adoral...  
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]
Mah, C.L. (2024). World Asteroidea Database. Monachaster sanderi (Meissner, 1892). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213137 on 2024-04-23
Date
action
by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z
created
2000-09-11 07:17:12Z
changed
Garcia, Maria
2008-01-25 09:35:43Z
changed

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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]   
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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]