Fromia

Fromia monilis
Fromia monilis in Borneo
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Goniasteridae
Genus:	Fromia Gray, 1840

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 Paraferdinia.^[1]

Species

• 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)

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  Fromia elegans
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  Fromia ghardaqana
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  Fromia heffernani
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  Fromia indica
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  Fromia milleporella
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  Fromia monilis
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  Fromia nodosa
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  Fromia polypora
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  Fromia schultzei

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

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• Mah, Christopher L. (July 9, 2014). "The Colorful Challenge of Identifying Fromia monilis, an Indo-Pacific species complex". The Echinoblog. 

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