title: Mithrodiidae
text: # 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 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
  