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Monachaster umbonatus Macan, 1938 
AphiaID: 213138

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Oreasteridae (Family) > Monachaster (Genus)
Status unaccepted unaccepted (Synonym according to Clark and Rowe (1971) & verified by Tortonese (1976))
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name  Monachaster sanderi (Meissner, 1892)
Rank Species
Parent Monachaster Doderlein, 1916
Source  source of synonymy: 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]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Red Sea [details]
Somalia [details]
Note  Type locality: Type locality: Gulf of Suez, 65-68 m. (Tortonese, 1949). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213138
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-12-18 01:44:18Z  created  Onyango, Eunice
2000-09-08 07:19:45Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-01-25 09:35:43Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
2008-12-07 02:46:14Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Monachaster umbonatus Macan, 1938. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213138 on 2013-06-20
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