''Monachaster sanderi'' is a
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
of
sea stars in the family
Oreasteridae
The Oreasteridae are a family of sea stars in the class Asteroidea.
Description and characteristics
This family contains many species of regular starfishes with usually 5 arms around a stiff, convex and often brightly colored body. Whereas som ...
. It is the
sole species in the
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
''Monachaster''.
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References
Oreasteridae
Asteroidea genera
Monotypic echinoderm genera
Taxa named by Ludwig Heinrich Philipp Döderlein
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