Ahmed Suleman Thandar

Ahmed Suleman Thandar, South African echinodermologist.

Taxon names authored

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

(List may be incomplete)

Rajpal, V., Thandar, A.S. 1998. Neocucumis kilburni sp. nov. (Echinodermata : Holothuroidea : Cucumariidae) from the east coast of South Africa, with a key to the genus Neocucumis. South African Journal of Zoology. 33(4): 195–199. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1998.11448471 Reference page.

Rajpal, V., Thandar, A.S. 1999. Stolus kilberti, a new species from the east coast of South Africa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) with a key to the genus Stolus Selenka. South African Journal of Zoology. 34(3): 130–134. DOI: 10.1080/02541858.1999.11448498 Reference page.
Thandar, A.S., Rajpal, V. 1999. Thyone herberti, a new dendrochirotid species from the east coast of South Africa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Journal of Zoology. 248(2): 189–193. DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7998.1999.tb01195.x Reference page.

Thandar, A.S., Moodley, M.N. 2003. Two new genera and a new species in the holothurian family Cucumariidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). African Zoology. 38(2): 279-284. DOI: 10.1080/15627020.2003.11407282 ResearchGate Reference page.

Thandar, A.S., Samyn, Y. 2004. Taxonomy of the monotypic genus Koehleria Cherbonnier, 1988 (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Cucumariidae). Zootaxa. 652(1): 1–11. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.652.1.1 Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2006. New species and new records of dendrochirotid and dactylochirotid holothuroids (Echinodermata : Holothuroidea) from off the east coast of South Africa. Zootaxa 1245(1): 1–51. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1245.1.1 Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2007. Additions to the aspidochirotid, molpadid and apodid holothuroids (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from the east coast of southern Africa, with descriptions of new species. Zootaxa. 1414(1): 1–62. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1414.1.1 Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2008. Additions to the holothuroid fauna of the southern African temperate faunistic provinces, with descriptions of new species. Zootaxa. 1697:1-57. DOI: 10.11646/ZOOTAXA.1697.1.1 ResearchGate Reference page.

Samyn, Y., Thandar, A.S. & Vandenspiegel, D. 2010. Two new species in the phyllophorid genus Massinium (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) with redescription of Massinium magnum. Zootaxa 2399: 1–19. Preview DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2399.1.1 Reference page.

Thandar, A.; Arumugam, P. 2011: A new family within the holothuroid order Dactylochirotida with description of a new species from South Africa and comments on the dendrochirotid genus Neoamphicyclus Hickman, 1962 and the molpadid genus Cherbonniera Sibuet, 1974 (Echinodermata). Zootaxa 2971: 40–48. Preview Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. & Mjobo, S. 2014. On some sea cucumbers from Ghana (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) with descriptions of a new genus and one new species. Zootaxa 3900(2): 243–254. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3900.2.4 Reference page.
Thandar, A.S.; Arumugam, P. 2014: Designation of type genus for the holothuroid family Cucumellidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida) with re-examination of the holotype of Cucumella decaryi Cherbonnier. Zootaxa 3760(4): 596–598. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3760.4.9 Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2015. Biodiversity and distribution of the southern African sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Zootaxa 4058(3): 341–361. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4058.3.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page.
Thandar, A.S. & Rambaran, R. 2015. On some sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from off the south and west coasts of South Africa collected by the South African Environmental and Observation Network (SAEON). Zootaxa 3999(1): 41–61. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3999.1.3. Preview (PDF). Reference page.

Mjobo, S. & Thandar, A.S. 2016. A new genus and a new species in the sea cucumber subfamily Colochirinae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae) in the Mediterranean Sea. Zootaxa 4189(1): 156–164. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4189.1.8. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2017. Two new subfamilies, three new species and a new subspecies of dendrochirotid sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Zootaxa 4365(4): 410–420. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4365.4.2. Full article (PDF) Reference page.
Thandar, A.S. & Viñola, L.W.V. 2017. The current status of Neocnus Arredondo, 1961 (Mammalia: Edentata: Pilosa: Megalonichidae) and a replacement name for its junior homonym in the sea cucumber family Cucumariidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae). Zootaxa 4337(2): 288–290. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4337.2.7 Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2018. On some miscellaneous sea cucumbers (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) in the collections of the South African Museum with three new species. Zootaxa. 4532(1): 57. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4532.1.3 Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2019. On some lesser known sea cucumbers in the Natural History Museum, UK (Echinodermata:Holothuroidea). Zootaxa 4688(3): 361–381. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4688.3.3 Reference page.

Ahmed, Q., Thandar, A.S. & Ali, Q.M. 2020. Holothuria (Lessonothuria) insignis Ludwig, 1875 (formally resurrected from synonymy of H. pardalis Selenka, 1867) and Holothuria (Lessonothuria) lineata Ludwig, 1875—new additions to the sea cucumber fauna of Pakistan, with a key to the subgenus Lessonothuria Deichmann (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). Zootaxa 4767(2): 307–318. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4767.2.6 pdf Reference page.
Mezali, K., Thandar, A.S., Khodja, I. 2020. Paraleptopentacta, a new Mediterranean and north-west Atlantic sea cucumber genus, with the first record of P. tergestina n. comb. (Echinodermata: Dendrochirotida: Cucumariidae) from the north-western Algerian coast. Zootaxa. 4860(2): 199–210. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4860.2.3 Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2021. Nomenclatural changes in some sea cucumbers with the erection of a new genus and description of a Thyone ?juvenile (?n. sp.) from the Gulf of California (Echinodermata:Holothuroidea:Dendrochirotida). Zootaxa. 5026(4): 507–526. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5026.4.3 Reference page.
Mezali, K., Thandar, A.S., Khodja, I. 2021. On the taxonomic status of Holothuria (Holothuria) tubulosa (s.s.) from the Algerian coast with the description of a new Mediterranean species, Holothuria (Holothuria) algeriensis n. sp. (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea: Holothuriidae). Zootaxa 4981(1): 89–106. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4981.1.4 . Reference page.

Thandar, A.S. 2022. A Taxonomic Monograph of the Sea Cucumbers of Southern Africa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). South African National Biodiversity Institute. 1–364.