Fromia
Fromia | |
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Fromia monilis in Borneo | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Order: | Valvatida |
Family: | Goniasteridae |
Genus: | Fromia Gray, 1840 |
Type species | |
Fromia milleporella |
Fromia is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae.
Description[]
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 .[1]
Species[]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Koehler, 1910 | Indian Ocean | |
Perrier, 1875 | Pacific Ocean | |
Fromia elegans H.L. Clark, 1921 | Pacific Ocean | |
Fisher, 1913 | Pacific Ocean | |
Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938 | Red Sea | |
H.L. Clark, 1921 | Pacific Ocean | |
(Livingstone, 1931) | Pacific Ocean | |
Fromia hemiopla Fisher, 1913 | Pacific Ocean | |
Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869) | Indo-Pacific | |
Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816) | Indo-Pacific | |
Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869) | Pacific Ocean | |
Fromia nodosa A.M. Clark, 1967 | Indo-Pacific | |
H.L. Clark, 1921 | Pacific Ocean | |
Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916 | Australia | |
Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910 | Australia | |
(Lutken, 1871) |
Bibliography[]
- 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 Publisher. 2004.
References[]
- Hansson, Hans; Martinez, Olga; Mah, Christopher (2011-10-05). "WoRMS taxon details: Fromia Gray, 1840". marinespecies.org. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS).
- "Wetwebmedia". wetwebmedia.com.
- "SeaLife". sealifebase.org.
External links[]
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[]
- ^ Mah, Christopher L. (July 9, 2014). "The Colorful Challenge of Identifying Fromia monilis, an Indo-Pacific species complex". The Echinoblog.
Categories:
- Fromia