Fromia ghardaqana
| Fromia ghardaqana | |
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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 ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938 | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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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]
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- 1 2 "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938". marinespecies.org. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
- 1 2 "Fromia ghardaqana". iobis.org. Ocean Biogeographic Information System. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ WoRMS Asteroidea: World Asteroidea Database. Mah C.L., 2010-12-10
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