Fromia
Taxonavigation
[edit]| Taxonavigation: Granulosina |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Fromia
Species (19):
F. armata –
F. balanse –
F. baruna –
F. bathybia –
F. eusticha –
F. ghardaqana –
F. hadracantha –
F. heffernani –
F. hemiopla –
F. indica –
F. labeosa –
F. milleporella –
F. monilis –
F. nodosa –
F. pacifica –
F. polypora –
F. schultzei –
F. subtilis –
F. ui
Name
[edit]Fromia Gray, 1840
- Type species: Asterias milleporella Lamarck, 1816, by monotypy.
Synonymy
[edit]- Fromia Gray, 1840; — Ely, 1942: 17.
- Austrofromia H.L. Clark, 1921
- Type species: Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916, by original designation
References
[edit]- Clark, H.E.S. & McKnight, D.G. 2001. The Marine Fauna of New Zealand: Echinodermata: Asteroidea (sea-stars) order Valvatida. NIWA biodiversity memoir 117: 1–269. PDF Reference page. [p. 170]
- Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute. 10: 1–223. BHL Reference page. [as Austrofromia p. 48 (original description)]
- Ely, C.A. 1942. Shallow water Asteroidea and Ophiuroidea of Hawaii. Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin. 176: 1–63. Hathitrust. Reference page.
- Fisher, W.K. 1913. New starfishes from the Philippine Islands, Celebes, and the Moluccas. Proceedings of the United States National Museum. 46(2022): 201–224. BHL. Reference page. [as Fromia p. 213]
- Gray, J.E. 1840. XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus) (Continued from p. 184.) Annals and magazine of natural history 6(37): 275–290. DOI: 10.1080/03745484009443296 BHL Reference page. [original description: p. 286]
- Mah, C.L. 2018. New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean. Zootaxa 4539(1): 1–116. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4539.1.1
Reference page. [as Fromia p. 35] - Mah, C.L. 2026. New genera, species and occurrences of Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from New Caledonia. Megataxa 19(1): 001–113. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.19.1.1
. Reference page. [as Fromia p. 57] - Mah, C.L. & Foltz, D.W. 2011. Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 161(4): 769–788. DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x . Reference page. [Placement in Goniasteridae]
- Sladen, P. 1889. Report on the Asteroidea. Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76 Part 51, Zoology 30: i–xlii, 1–893. BHL Reference page. [as Fromia p. 400–401]
Links
[edit]- Fromia Gray, 1840 in the World Asteroidea Database, accessed on January 24, 2026
