Fromia milleporella
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| Fromia milleporella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Valvatida |
| Family: | Goniasteridae |
| Genus: | Fromia |
| Species: | F. milleporella |
| 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.
Fromia milleporella can reach a diameter of about 15 centimetres (5.9 in). Red seastars may have various shades of red.[2]
Fromia milleporella
Fromia milleporella at Wakatobi National Park, 2018
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Distribution
This species can be found in the Indo-West Pacific starting as far 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]
