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Fromia ghardaqana

Fromia ghardaqana
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Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Goniasteridae
Genus: Fromia
Species: F. ghardaqana
Binomial name
Fromia ghardaqana
Mortensen, 1938
Synonyms

Scytaster milleporellus Müller & Troschel, 1842


Scytaster milleporellus Müller & Troschel, 1842

Fromia ghardaqana, common name Ghardaqa sea star, is a species of marine starfish in the family Goniasteridae.

It has been found between 33.7 to 40.1 longitude and 15.3 to 28.6 latitude.

Specimens have been collected from ocean depths between 5 metres (16 ft) and 15 metres (49 ft). It lives in 28.593 °C (83.467 °F) water.


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