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

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.^[2]

Species

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

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

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

External links

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

Notes

^ 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.

[WoRMS-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.

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