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Fromia monilis

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The species is also considered in reef aquariums. It feeds on the surface of the stones in thin layers of algae, so it can live only in an old well-ripened aquarium. If the algae are not growing fast enough, supplemental feeding is usually unsuccessful, and this starfish dies of starvation.
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The appearance of this sea star can be highly variable (colors, plates, presence of plates on the central disc, armpits...), and its identification using picture can be difficult, as many other species (like
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can reach a diameter of about 30 centimetres (12 in). Tips of the arms and the disc center of this starfish are bright red, while the remaining parts are paler, forming large plates.
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Vanden Berghe, Edward; Garcia, Maria; Mah, Christopher (24 October 2008).
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Borneo
Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Echinodermata
Asteroidea
Valvatida
Goniasteridae
Fromia
Binomial name
Synonyms
Goniasteridae

Holotype
MNHN

In Timor.
Timor
Fromia monilis (Sabah, Malaisia)
Fromia nodosa
Indian Ocean
Western Pacific
Andaman islands
Australia
Japan
sponges
"Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869)"
"SeaLife"

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