''Mithrodia clavigera'' is a species of tropical
starfish
Starfish or sea stars are star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to as brittle stars or basket stars. Starfish ...
in the family
Mithrodiidae
The Mithrodiidae is a family of starfish in the order Valvatida.
Members of this family are big to huge tropical sea stars with 5 arms, rounded in cross-section.
List of genera and species
* Genus '' Mithrodia'' Gray, 1840
** '' Mithrodia br ...
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It has pale flesh tone with large brick-red patches. Its Specimens preserved in alcohol become uniformly white.
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Mithrodiidae
Animals described in 1816
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