Ahmed Suleman Thandar
Ahmed Suleman Thandar, South African echinodermologist.
- School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.
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1998
edit- 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.
1999
edit- 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.
2003
edit- 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.
2004
edit- 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.
2006
edit- 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.
2007
edit- 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.
2008
edit- 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.
2010
edit- 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): 1–19. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2399.1.1 Reference page.
2011
edit- 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.
2014
edit- 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.
2015
edit- 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.
2016
edit- 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.
2017
edit- 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.
2018
edit- 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.
2019
edit- 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.
2020
edit- 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.
2021
edit- 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.
2022
edit- Thandar, A.S. 2022. A Taxonomic Monograph of the Sea Cucumbers of Southern Africa (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea). South African National Biodiversity Institute. 1–364.