The Mithrodiidae is a
family
Family (from ) is a Social group, group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or Affinity (law), affinity (by marriage or other relationship). It forms the basis for social order. Ideally, families offer predictabili ...
of
starfish
Starfish or sea stars are Star polygon, star-shaped echinoderms belonging to the class (biology), class Asteroidea (). Common usage frequently finds these names being also applied to brittle star, ophiuroids, which are correctly referred to ...
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 gen ...
.
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''
Pope & Rowe, 1977
** ''
Thromidia gigas''
(Mortensen, 1935)
** ''
Thromidia seychellesensis''
Pope & Rowe, 1977
References
Echinoderm families
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