Fromia is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae.
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| Fromia monilis in Borneo | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Fromia Gray, 1840 |
| Type species | |
| Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)
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Description edit
These species are tropical sea stars, with 5 arms but sometimes up to 7. Some species like Fromia monilis or Fromia nodosa can be very difficult to identify, as they look like each other a lot, and even like unrelated species as those of the genus Paraferdinia.[2]
Species edit
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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| Fromia armata Koehler, 1910 | Indian Ocean | |
| Fromia balanse Perrier, 1875 | Pacific Ocean | |
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Fromia elegans H.L. Clark, 1921 | Pacific Ocean |
| Fromia eusticha Fisher, 1913 | Pacific Ocean | |
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Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938 | Red Sea |
| Fromia hadracantha H.L. Clark, 1921 | Pacific Ocean | |
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Fromia heffernani (Livingstone, 1931) | Pacific Ocean |
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Fromia hemiopla Fisher, 1913 | Pacific Ocean |
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Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869) | Indo-Pacific |
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Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816) | Indo-Pacific |
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Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869) | Pacific Ocean |
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Fromia nodosa A.M. Clark, 1967 | Indo-Pacific |
| Fromia pacifica H.L. Clark, 1921 | Pacific Ocean | |
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Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916 | Australia |
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Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910 | Australia |
| Fromia subtilis (Lutken, 1871) |
Bibliography edit
- Christopher Mah, "Overview of the Ferdina-like Goniasteridae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) including a new subfamily, three new genera and fourteen new species", Zootaxa, vol. 4271, 2017
- Sprung, Julian y Delbeek, J.Charles- The Reef Aquarium. Volume two - Ricordea Publishing
- Debelius, Helmut y Baensch, Hans A - Atlas Marino - Mergus
- Gosliner, Beherens y Williams. Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific. Sea Challenger
- Debelius, Helmut. Guía de especies del arrecife Pacífico-Asiático. M&G Difusión. 2001
- Lieske, Ewald & Myers, Robert. Coral Reef Guide: Red Sea. HarperCollins Publishers. 2004.
References edit
- "Wetwebmedia". wetwebmedia.com.
- "SeaLife". sealifebase.org.
External links edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fromia.
Wikispecies has information related to Fromia.
- Mah, Christopher L. (July 9, 2014). "The Colorful Challenge of Identifying Fromia monilis, an Indo-Pacific species complex". The Echinoblog.
Notes edit
- ^ Mah, C.L. (2023). Mah CL (ed.). "Fromia Gray, 1840". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
- ^ Mah, Christopher L. (July 9, 2014). "The Colorful Challenge of Identifying Fromia monilis, an Indo-Pacific species complex". The Echinoblog.