Fromia nodosa, commonly called elegant sea star, is a species of marine starfish belonging to the family Goniasteridae.

The elegant sea star has five triangular arms radiating around an apparent central disc.

its coloration is reddish, sometimes blueish to orange, and more or less densely covered with large, embossed creamy rounded plates, which are slightly angular at their top and whose size decreases towards the end of the arms.

[1] This species is sometimes very difficult to differentiate from closely related species such as Fromia monilis or Fromia heffernani: F. monilis[2] has no relief plates and F. heffernani has more rounded plates which line the outside of the arms and also the geographic distribution differs.

The elegant sea star is present in the tropical waters of the Indian Ocean, from Seychelles to Maldives, where it is relatively common.