Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938 is a animal in the Goniasteridae family, order Valvatida, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.
Fromia ghardaqana Mortensen, 1938
Ghardaqa sea star (Fromia ghardaqana) is a marine starfish species in the family Goniasteridae.
Fromia ghardaqana, commonly called the Ghardaqa sea star, is a species of marine starfish that belongs to the family Goniasteridae. This species has been recorded within the coordinates ranging from 33.7 to 40.1 longitude and 15.3 to 28.6 latitude. Known specimens of this species were collected from ocean depths between 5 metres (16 feet) and 15 metres (49 feet), and it inhabits water that measures 28.593 °C (83.467 °F).
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Tosia australis Gray, 1840
Fromia heffernani (Livingstone, 1931)
Tosia neossia Naughton & O'Hara, 2009
Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869)
Pentagonaster pulchellus Gray, 1840
Fromia schultzei Döderlein, 1910
Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer
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