Fromia indica, Indian sea star

Fromia indica   (Perrier, 1869)

Indian sea star

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names Populärnamn | synonymer | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Asteroidea | Valvatida | Goniasteridae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / djupintervall / distribution range Ekologi

Revassocierade; djupintervall 0 - 44 m (Ref. 81548).  Tropical

Distribution Länder | FAO områden | Ekosystem | Förekomster | Utplanteringar

Southeast Atlantic and Indo-West Pacific: South Africa to Australia and Japan.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Könsmognad: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm

Biologi     Ordlista (t.ex. epibenthic)

Maximum length of arms: 3.0 cm. Associated with coral communities. Dwells in a variety of substrates. Feeds on encrusting turf over hard substrates (Ref. 129602). Occurs in healthy shallow reef areas at depths of 1 to 25 m.

Life cycle and mating behavior Könsmognad | Reproduktion | Lek | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Members of the class Asteroidea exhibit both asexual (regeneration and clonal) and sexual (gonochoric) means of reproduction. Life cycle: Embryos hatch into planktonic larvae and later metamorphose into pentamorous juveniles which develop into young sea stars with stubby arms.

Main reference referenser | Koordinator | Medarbetare

Schoppe, S. 2000 A guide to common shallow water sea stars, brittle stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers and feather stars (echinoderms) of the Philippines. Times Media Private Limited, Singapore. 144 p. (Ref. 800)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)

  Not Evaluated 

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

  Harmless

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Internet-källor

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, sök) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 24.4 - 29, mean 27.8 (based on 836 cells).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.

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