Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869)

Amjad, Farah, Ahusan, Mohamed, Amir, Hana, de Villiers, Nina M, Gress, Erika, Mah, Christopher L, Naeem, Shafiya, Rico-Seijo, Nuria, Samaai, Toufiek, Afzal, Maryiam S, Woodall, Lucy C & Stefanoudis, Paris V, 2024, An underwater imagery identification guide for shallow, mesophotic and deep-sea benthos in Maldives, Biodiversity Data Journal 12, pp. e 120128-e 120128 : e120128-

Fromia monilis (Perrier, 1869)

Materials

Type status: Other material. Occurrence: occurrenceID: D1A131B2-BF70-5FDA-9246-EE36F7AD26D8; Taxon: scientificName: Fromia monilis ; kingdom: Animalia; phylum: Echinodermata; class: Asteroidea; order: Valvatida ; family: Goniasteridae ; genus: Fromia ; scientificNameAuthorship: (Perrier, 1869); Location: waterBody: Indian Ocean; country: Maldives; locality: North Male’, Vaavu, Addu ; minimumDepthInMeters: 2; maximumDepthInMeters: 61; locationRemarks: Nekton Maldives Mission; Identification: identifiedBy: Farah Amjad, Paris Stefanoudis, Christopher Mah; dateIdentified: 2022, 2023; identificationRemarks: Identified only from imagery; Event: samplingProtocol: Submersible OR Remotely Operated Vehicle OR Snorkel; Record Level: basisOfRecord: Human observation

Notes

Five long tapered arms with small central disc. Marginal plates distinct and well developed with lighter cream colouration. Pattern on mid-line of arms in similar colour to the marginal plates. Approximately 7 cm in the longest dimension. Colouration of body and central disc bright to deep red tones (Fig. 252).