Common Names
Common Names in English:
Red Indonesian Starfish
Description
Physical Description
Species Fromia milleporella
Small sea star with 5 triangular arms , flattened shape . The color is uniform red with large scattered pores . Red Sea specimens have white or light blue round spots. 7 cm diameter.
Habitat
Encountered in lagoon , back reef and reef front .
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
()
- (Marcus, 1958) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
()
- Klein, 1734 Ex De Brugière, 1789
- Echinoderms
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
()
- Bell, 1891
- Infraphylum:
Asterozoa
()
- Von Zittel, 1895
- Class:
Asteroidea
()
- Subclass:
Asteroidea
()
- Order:
Valvatida
()
- Family:
Ophidiasteridae
()
- Genus:
Fromia
()
- Specific name:
milleporella
- (Lamarck, 1816)
- Scientific name: - Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)
- Specific name:
milleporella
- (Lamarck, 1816)
- Genus:
Fromia
(
- Family:
Ophidiasteridae
(
- Order:
Valvatida
(
- Subclass:
Asteroidea
(
- Class:
Asteroidea
(
- Infraphylum:
Asterozoa
(
- Subphylum:
Eleutherozoa
(
- Phylum:
Echinodermata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Coelomopora
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Different Fromia species are identified by the plates on the dirsal side. Fromia monilis has larger tubercles at the margins, smaller in the center of the arms; Fromia nodosa is similar but with a central row of large tubercles on each arm; Fromia indica has plates covering all the surface, Fromia milleporella has no plates.
Members of the genus Fromia
There are approximately 11 species in this genus:
F. elegans · F. eusticha · F. ghardaqana (Ghardaqa Brittle Star) · F. hemiopla · F. indica (Indian Sea Star) · F. milleporella (Red Indonesian Starfish) · F. monilis (Marble Sea Star) · F. monolis · F. nodosa (Elegant Sea Star) · F. pacifica · F. polypora
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Notes
Contributors
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed November 19, 2007. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 5 providers.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal November 19, 2007:
- Institute of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Rutgers University, South Western Pacific Regional OBIS Data All Sea Bio Subset
- National Chemical Laboratory, IndOBIS, Indian Ocean Node of OBIS
- OZCAM
- Provider, Online Zoological Collections of Australian Museums
