Fromia ghardaqana

Fromia ghardaqana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Subphylum: Asterozoa
Class: Asteroidea
Superorder: Valvatacea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Fromia
Binomial name
Fromia ghardaqana
Mortensen, 1938
Synonyms[1]

Scytaster milleporellus Müller & Troschel, 1842

Fromia ghardaqana, common name Ghardaqa sea star, is a species of marine starfish in the family Goniasteridae.[1]

Distribution

It has been found between 33.7 to 40.1 longitude and 15.3 to 28.6 latitude.[2]

Habitat

Specimens have been collected from ocean depths between 5 metres (16 ft) and 15 metres (49 ft). It lives in 28.593 °C (83.467 °F) water.[2]

References

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  1. 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. 1 2 "Fromia ghardaqana". iobis.org. Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D. (red.) (2011). "Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist.". Species 2000: Reading, UK. Retrieved 24 September 2012.
  4. Clark, A. M.; Rowe, F. W. E. (1971). "Monograph of shallow-water Indo-West Pacific echinoderms: i-vii, 1-238, pls 1-31" (PDF). abctaxa.be. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). p. 62.
  5. WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea Database. Mah C.L., 2010-12-10


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