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Asteroidea taxon details

Fromia Gray, 1840

123311  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123311)

accepted
Genus
Austrofromia H.L. Clark, 1921 · unaccepted (Syonym according to Rowe (1989))
Celerina A.M. Clark, 1967 · unaccepted (Referred to synonymy by Mah (2017))
Species Fromia armata Koehler, 1910
Species Fromia balanse Perrier, 1875
Species Fromia eusticha Fisher, 1913
Species Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938
Species Fromia hadracantha H.L. Clark, 1921
Species Fromia heffernani (Livingstone, 1931)
Species Fromia hemiopla Fisher, 1913
Species Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869)
Species Fromia labeosa Arai & Fujita, 2021
Species Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816)
Species Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869)
Species Fromia nodosa A.M. Clark, 1967
Species Fromia pacifica H.L. Clark, 1921
Species Fromia polypora H.L. Clark, 1916
Species Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910
Species Fromia subtilis (Lutken, 1871)

Subgenus Fromia (Metrodira) Gray, 1840 accepted as Metrodira Gray, 1840
Species Fromia andamanensis Koehler, 1909 accepted as Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869) (synonym according to Hayashi (1938))
Species Fromia elegans H.L. Clark, 1921 accepted as Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869) (synonym according to Hayashi (1938))
Species Fromia japonica Perrier, 1881 accepted as Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869) (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Species Fromia major Koehler, 1895 accepted as Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869) (Synonym according to Fisher (1919))
Species Fromia mexicana Perrier, 1884 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, according to H.L. Clark (1921)-undescribed)
Species Fromia narcissae Perrier, 1885 accepted as Narcissia canariensis (d'Orbigny, 1839) (synonym)
Species Fromia pistoria (Muller & Troschel, 1842) accepted as Fromia milleporella (Lamarck, 1816) (synonym according to H.L. Clark (1921))
Species Fromia tumida Bell, 1882 accepted as Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869)

Species Fromia maldivensis Moosleitner, 1998 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 286 [details]   
Mah, C.L. (2023). World Asteroidea Database. Fromia Gray, 1840. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Asteroidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123311 on 2023-09-29
Date
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
2006-09-12 06:54:36Z
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Martinez, Olga
2008-10-24 15:38:27Z
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2008-12-24 03:52:28Z
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2011-10-05 21:52:40Z
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original description Gray, J.E. (1840). XXXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (<i>Asterias</i>, Linnaeus). <em>Annals of the Magazine of Natural History.</em> 6: 275-290., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336044#page/309/mode/1up
page(s): 286 [details]   

original description  (of Austrofromia H.L. Clark, 1921) Clark, H. L. (1921). The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: its composition and its origin. <em>Department of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institute.</em> 10: vi + 223, 38 pls., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14515937
page(s): 48 [details]   

original description  (of Celerina A.M. Clark, 1967) Clark, A. M. (1967). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. <i>Nardoa</i> and some other ophidiasterids. <em>Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology.</em> 15(4): 169-198., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2336715
page(s): 193 [details]   

basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS[details]   

additional source Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. <em>[Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].</em> , available online at https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/126539/about [details]   

additional source Clark, A. M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida. <em>In: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies.</em> 4: 187-366. (look up in IMIS[details]   

status source Mah, C.; Foltz, D. (2011). Molecular phylogeny of the Valvatacea (Asteroidea: Echinodermata). <em>Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.</em> 161(4): 769-788., available online at http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1096-3642.2010.00659.x/full [details]   
 
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Japanese ジュズベリヒトデ属  [details]
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