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Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869) 
AphiaID: 368952

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
Synonymised
taxa
  Fromia andamanensis Koehler, 1909 (synonym according to Hayashi (1938))
Fromia elegans Engel, 1938
Fromia tumida Bell, 1882
Nardoa indica Koehler, 1910
Scytaster indicus Perrier, 1869
Sources  basis of record: Clark, A.M. (1993). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 2: Valvatida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1993). Echinoderm Studies, 4: pp. 187-366 (look up in IMIS[details]

from synonym: 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] [view taxon]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Andaman Islands [details]
Ceylon [details]
Fiji Islands [details]
New Caledonia [details]
Palau Islands [details]
Links To Barcode of Life (39 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications)
To Encyclopedia of Life
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 3 proteins)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:368952
Taxonomic
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2008-10-24 18:54:18Z  created  Mah, Christopher
  
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  Citation: Mah, C. (2013). Fromia indica (Perrier, 1869). 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=368952 on 2013-05-22
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