''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'' 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''.
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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Notes
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Asteroidea genera