Ahmed Suleman Thandar

Ahmed Suleman Thandar, South African echinodermologist.

  • School of Life Sciences, University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, South Africa.

Taxon names authored

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  • 37 taxon names authored by Ahmed Suleman Thandar

Eponyms

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  • 1 eponym of Ahmed Suleman Thandar

Publications

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1998

1999

2003

2004

2006

  • 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 Paywall Reference page. 

2007

  • 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 Paywall Reference page. 

2008

2010

2011

  • & 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 DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.2971.1.4 Paywall ResearchGate Open access Reference page. 

2014

  • & 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 Paywall Reference page. 
  • ; 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

2016

2017

  • 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. 
  • & 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

  • 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 Open access Reference page. 

2019

2020

  • 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 Open access pdf Reference page. 
  • Mezali, K., , 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 Paywall Reference page. 

2021

  • 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 Open access Reference page. 
  • Mezali, K., , 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 Open access. Reference page. 

2022

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