Fromia eusticha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Granulosina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Asterozoa Classis: Asteroidea Ordo: Valvatida Subordo: Granulosina

Familia: Goniasteridae
Genus: Fromia
Species: Fromia eusticha

Name

Fromia eusticha Fisher, 1913

• Type locality: Philippines, Sulu, Tapul Group, NW of Tapul Island. 5.7778°N 120.814°E / 5.7778; 120.814. Depth 44 m.

• Holotype: USNM 32637 [1].

Synonymy

• Fromia eusticha Fisher, 1913: 213–214; — H.L. Clark, 1921: 44–45; — Mah, 2025: 280, fig. 7A, C.

References

• Clark, H.L. 1921. The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. Papers from the Tortugas Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 10 (Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 214): 1–223. BHL 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. 
• Mah, C.L. 2025b. New taxa of Valvatida (Asteroidea) with an overview of bivalve pedicellariae proposed form and function. Megataxa 18(1): 262–347. DOI: 10.11646/megataxa.18.1.3 . Reference page.