Fromia indica ( Perrier, 1869 )

Mah, Christopher L., 2018, New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean, Zootaxa 4539 (1), pp. 1-116 : 35-38

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scientific name	Fromia indica ( Perrier, 1869 )
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Fromia indica ( Perrier, 1869) View in CoL

Figure 12 View FIGURE 12 A–E

Perrier 1869: 63 [255] (as Scytaster )

Perrier 1875: 177 [441]; Koehler 1910: 140; H.L. Clark 1921: 42; 1938b: 59; Hayashi 1938a: 279; 1938b: 59; 1938c: 207; A.M. Clark 1967: 188; Marsh 1977: 256; Jangoux 1978: 295; 1986: 130. (as Fromia indica )

Bell 1882: 124; H.L. Clark 1921: 41 (as Fromia tumida )

Koehler 1909: 105; H.L. Clark 1921: 41; 1923: 239 (as Fromia andamanensis )

H.L. Clark 1921: 42; 1923: 240; A.H. Clark 1949: 74; A.M. Clark 1967: 189; Clark & Rowe 1971: 62, Branch et al. 2010: 226– 227 (as Fromia elegans )

Hayashi 1938: 428–430 (as Fromia indica forma andamanensis )

Diagnosis. A species of Fromia characterized by granule covered abactinal plates composed of two acutely, differently sized, large and small, abactinal plates ( Fig. 12A, B View FIGURE 12 ). Plates are wide in shape, irregular in outline extending over the arm surface ( Fig. 12B View FIGURE 12 ). Marginal surface covered by continuous, granular cover ( Fig. 12E View FIGURE 12 ). Actinal region small, covered by granules ( Fig. 12C View FIGURE 12 ). Furrow spines two, blunt adjacent to two rows of blunt tipped subambulacral spines each with two spines per row ( Fig. 12D View FIGURE 12 ).

Comments. A.M. Clark (1967) provided a synopsis of synonymies and occurrence for this species. A.M. Clark (1967) and Marsh (1977) remarked on the synonymy of Fromia elegans and F. andamanensis with F. indica by Hayashi (1938a). A full consideration of this issue is beyond the scope of this treatment but based on a cursory examination of the descriptions and specimens I agree with the synonymy of Hayashi (1938a), which is reflected herein.

Although specimens cited herein indicate the first occurrence of this species from Madagascar, Branch et al. (2010) documented Fromia elegans (a synonym) from the east coast of South Africa. Gosliner et al. (1996) identified F. indica from Sodwana Bay, Natal, South Africa.

Occurrence. Southern Japan, Fiji and New Caledonia, Ceylon, Andaman Islands (Bay of Bengal), Sodwana Bay, Natal coast South Africa, Madagascar, 3– 27 m.

Material Examined. IE-2007-5079 Tozer Bank , Madagascar, 25° 12' 45'' S; 44° 8' 31.7976'' E, 10- 14 m. Coll GoogleMaps . ATIMO VATAE, May 20, 2010. 1 wet spec. R=3.3, r=0.8 . IE-2007-5124 cave, Tozer Bank , Madagascar, 25° 12' 44.8812'' S; 44° 8' 31.9776'' E, 20-22 m, Coll GoogleMaps . ATIMO VATAE, TA 22 25 May 2010. 1 wet spec. R=2.8 r=0.7 . IE- 2007-5143 Tozer Bank , Madagascar, 25° 12' 38.0412'' S; 44° 8' 36.906'' E, 13- 27 m. Coll GoogleMaps . ATIMO VATAE TA 21 , 21 May 2010. 1 wet spec. R=3.3 r=0.9

References

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Branch, G. M., Griffiths, C. L., Branch, M. L. & Beckley, L. E. (2010) Two Oceans: A guide to the marine life of southern Africa. Struik Nature (Random House), Cape Town, 456 pp. [revised edition]

Clark, H. L. (1921) The echinoderm fauna of Torres Strait: Its composition and its origin. Carnegie Institution of Washington Publication, 10, 1 - 223. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14613

Clark, A. H. (1949) Echinoderms from the mid-Atlantic dredged by the Atlantis in the summer of 1948. Journal of the Washington Academy of Science, 39, 371 - 377.

Clark, A. M. (1967) Notes on asteroids in the British Museum (Natural History) V. Nardoa and some other ophidiasterids. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) Zoology, 15 (4), 169 - 198. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. part. 27517

Clark, A. M. & Rowe, F. W. E. (1971) Monograph of Shallow-water Indo-West Pacific Echinoderms. British Museum (Natural History) Publications 690. British Museum (Natural History), London, ix + 238, 31 pls.

Gosliner, T. M., Behrens, D. W. & Williams, G. C. (1996) Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific. Sea Challengers Press, Monterey, California, 314 pp.

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Marsh, L. M. (1977) Coral reef asteroids of Palau, Caroline Islands. Micronesica, 13 (2), 251 - 281.

Perrier, E. (1869) Recherche sur les pedicellaires et les ambulacres des asterides et des oursins. Theses presentees a la Faculte des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le Grade de Docteur es Sciences Naturelles Fictor Masson et fils, Paris, 5 - 188, pls. 1 - 7. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 14144

Perrier, E. (1875) Revision de la Stellerides du Museum d'Historie Naturelle de Paris. Archives du Zoologie Experimentale et Generale, 4, 265 - 450.

Figures

FIGURE 12. Fromia indica Specimen IE-2007-5079. R=3.3, r=0.8 cm. A. Abactinal surface. Scale bar=1.0 cm. B. Closeup showing abactinal plates. Scale bar=0.5 cm. C. Actinal surface. Scale bar=1.0 cm. D. Furrow and adambulacral spination. Scale bar=0.2 cm. E. Interradius showing superomarginals and other details. Scale bar=0.5 cm.