Fromia milleporella
| Red seastar | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Subphylum: | Asterozoa |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Superorder: | Valvatacea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Fromia |
| Binomial name | |
| Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816) | |
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Fromia milleporella, common name red starfish or black spotted starfish, is a species of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae.
Description
Fromia milleporella can reach a diameter of about 15 centimetres (5.9 in). Red seastar may have various shades of red. [2]
Distribution
This species can be found in the Indo-West Pacific starting as south as Madagascar and to as far north as the Red Sea, as well as the Maldives area, Sri Lanka, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippines, China, south Japan and the South Pacific. [1]
Habitat
It lives at depths of 0 - 73 m. [3]
Nutrition and management of the aquarium
The species is also considered in reef aquariums. It feeds on a thin layers of algae, and so it can live only in an old well-established aquarium. Little can be done to supplement its diet. The red seastar is known to be very intolerant of sudden changes in water chemistry. [4][2]
References
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- 1 2 "The World Asteroidea Database - Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)". Marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- 1 2 "Red Sea Star". Liveaquaria.com. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ↑ "Fromia milleporella". Sealifebase.fisheries.ubc.ca. 2012-07-19. Retrieved 2014-02-20.
- ↑ "Red Fromia Starfish, Red Starfish - Fromia milleporella". Bluezooaquatics.com. 2008-05-30. Retrieved 2014-02-20.