''Fromia'' is a genus of starfish belonging to the family
Goniasteridae
Goniasteridae (the biscuit stars) constitute the largest family of sea stars, included in the order Valvatida. They are mostly deep-dwelling species, but the family also include several colorful shallow tropical species.
Description
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Description
These species are tropical sea stars, with 5 arms but sometimes up to 7. Some species like ''
Fromia monilis
''Fromia monilis'', common name necklace starfish or tiled starfish, is a species of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae.
Description
''Fromia monilis'' can reach a diameter of about . Tips of the arms and the disc center of this sta ...
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Fromia nodosa
''Fromia nodosa'', commonly called elegant sea star, is a species of marine starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae.
Description
The elegant sea star has five triangular arms radiating around an apparent central disc. its coloration is ...
'' 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''.
Species
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.
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