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Fromia nodosa A.M. Clark, 1967 
AphiaID: 213300

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Asterozoa (Subphylum) > Asteroidea (Class) > Valvatacea (Superorder) > Valvatida (Order) > Goniasteridae (Family) > Fromia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Species
Parent Fromia Gray, 1840
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. and F.W.E. Rowe. (1971). Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History): London. x + 238 p. + 30 pls., available online at http://www.abctaxa.be/downloads/additional-information-volume-1/works-famous-holothuroid-workers/fwe-rowe/MonographIndoWestPacific.pdf [details]

additional source: Clark, A.M. (1967). Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Zoology 15(4): 167-198. [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Aldabra [details]
Seychelles [details]
West Indian Ocean [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (12 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Note  Description: Also distributed in Maldive area and Ceylon (Clark & Rowe, 1971). [details]
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213300
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
Date   action   by
1997-02-03 23:00:00Z  created  Vanden Berghe, Edward
2000-09-14 06:49:43Z  changed  Garcia, Maria
2008-10-24 18:54:18Z  changed  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Fromia nodosa A.M. Clark, 1967. In: Mah, C.L. (2013) World Asteroidea database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213300 on 2013-06-19
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