Necklace starfish
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| phylum | Chordata | Fromia monilis, common name necklace starfish or tiled starfish, is a species of starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae. Fromia monilis 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. The appearance of this sea star can be highly variable (colors, plates, presence of plates on the central disc, armtips...), and its identification using picture can be difficult, as many other species (like Fromia nodosa) can have a very similar aspect.
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| class | Asteroidea | |
| order | Valvatida | |
| family | Goniasteridae | |
| genus | Fromia | |
| species | F. monilis |
