Fromia is a genus of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae.

Fromia
Fromia monilis in Borneo
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Fromia
Gray, 1840
Type species
Fromia milleporella
(Lamarck, 1816)
Synonyms[1]
  • Austrofromia H.L. Clark, 1921
  • Celerina A.M. Clark, 1967

Description

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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

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Image Scientific name Distribution
Fromia armata Koehler, 1910 Indian Ocean
Fromia balanse Perrier, 1875 Pacific Ocean
  Fromia elegans H.L. Clark, 1921 Pacific Ocean
Fromia eusticha Fisher, 1913 Pacific Ocean
  Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938 Red Sea
Fromia hadracantha H.L. Clark, 1921 Pacific Ocean
  Fromia heffernani (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
Fromia pacifica H.L. Clark, 1921 Pacific Ocean
  Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916 Australia
  Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910 Australia
Fromia subtilis (Lutken, 1871)

Bibliography

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References

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  • "Wetwebmedia". wetwebmedia.com.
  • "SeaLife". sealifebase.org.
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Notes

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  1. ^ Mah, C.L. (2023). Mah CL (ed.). "Fromia Gray, 1840". World Asteroidea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  2. ^ Mah, Christopher L. (July 9, 2014). "The Colorful Challenge of Identifying Fromia monilis, an Indo-Pacific species complex". The Echinoblog.