Monachaster: Brief Summary
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Monachaster sanderi is a species of sea stars in the family Oreasteridae. It is the sole species in the genus Monachaster.
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Description
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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 . General distribution: Red Sea, East Africa, Madagacar (Tortonese, 1980).
4. Paxton, J.R. and Eschmeyer, W.N. (1994)
Encylopedia of Fishes. UNSW Press, Sydney.
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