Tiled Seastar (species: Fromia monilis) in taxonomy (Gaia Guide)
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Fromia monilis
Tiled Seastar


©Anne: Fromia monilis at night at Big Vicki's Reef, Lizard Island.

©Richard Ling

©Barbara Banks: Fromia monilisat Clam Garden, Lizard Island.

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Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Echinodermata
Class Asteroidea
Order Valvatida
Family Goniasteridae
Genus Fromia
Species Fromia monilis
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Distinguishing features

A beautifully patterned starfish with a distinct double row of marginal plates defining the edge of the body. In the upper row, large and small plates tend to alternate in the outer half of the arms. Upper surface is flat, with fine, low, even granulation. Pores between the plates are conspicuous on the upper surface but absent or rare on the lower surface.

This species is not common at Lizard Island and may be nocturnal.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Depth range

  • Depth range data is not yet available.

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Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

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References

  • Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe (1971). Monograph of shallow-water Indo-west Pacific echinoderms British Museum (Natural History), London.