The Mithrodiidae is a
family
Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...
of
starfish in the order
Valvatida
The Valvatida are an order of starfish in the class Asteroidea, which contains 695 species in 172 genera in 17 families.
Description
The order encompasses both tiny species, which are only a few millimetres in diameter, like those in the genu ...
.
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 bradleyi''
Verrill, 1870
** ''
Mithrodia clavigera''
(Lamarck, 1816)
** ''
Mithrodia fisheri''
Holly, 1932
* Genus ''
Thromidia''
Pope & Rowe, 1977
** ''
Thromidia brycei''
Marsh, 2009
** ''
Thromidia catalai
''Thromidia catalai'', sometimes called the heavy starfish, is a species of starfish in the family Mithrodiidae in the order Valvatida. It is native to the Indo-Pacific region. ''Thromidia catalai'' is one of the largest and heaviest starfishes ...
''
Pope & Rowe, 1977
** ''
Thromidia gigas''
(Mortensen, 1935)
** ''
Thromidia seychellesensis''
Pope & Rowe, 1977
References
Echinoderm families
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