Distribusieng
Occurrence Southern Japan, Okinawa, 3 – 10 m. Outside of Japanese waters. Southern China, South China Sea, Southern Vietnam, Australia (Great Barrier Reef, Timor Sea, Tasman Sea, Norfolk Island), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Marshall and Society Islands, Palau, Fiji, New Caledonia, Maldives, Red Sea, South Africa, Mascarene Islands, Madagascar. 0 – 175 m
Sumber: New Taxa and Occurrences of Mesophotic and Deep-sea Goniasteridae (Valvatida, Asteroidea) from Okinawa and adjacent regions
Deskripsieng
Figure 13 A – E Lamarck 1816: 564 (as Asterias) Müller & Troschel 1840: 103 (as Linckia) Gray 1840: 286; de Loriol 1885: 44; Fisher 1919: 378; H. L. Clark 1921: 40; Hayashi 1938 c: 205, Clark & Rowe 1971: 34; Marsh 1977: 257; Liao 1980: 159; Jangoux 1986: 130 – 131; Liao & Clark 1995: 115; Rowe & Gates 1995: 82; Gosliner et al 1996: 258 (as Fromia) Michelin 1845: 22 (as Scytaster)
Sumber: New genera, species and occurrence records of Goniasteridae (Asteroidea; Echinodermata) from the Indian Ocean
Distribusieng
DISTRIBUTION. — The species commonly occurs in the tropical Indo-West Pacific. It is not present in European seas contrary to Lamarck’s assumption.
Sumber: The asteroid species of Lamarck (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)