Mithrodia clavigera

Mithrodia clavigera
Mithrodia clavigera in the Maldives
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Phylum:Echinodermata
Class:Asteroidea
Order:Valvatida
Family:Mithrodiidae
Genus:Mithrodia
Species: M. clavigera
Binomial name
Mithrodia clavigera
(Lamarck, 1816)

Mithrodia clavigera is a species of tropical starfish in the family Mithrodiidae.[1][2]It has pale flesh tone with large brick-red patches. Its Specimens preserved in alcohol become uniformly white.

References

  1. Mithrodia Clavigera
  2. "WoRMS - World Register of Marine Species - Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)". www.marinespecies.org. Retrieved 2018-06-19.

Further reading

Levina, E.V.; Kalinovskii, A.I.; Ermakova, S.P.; Dmitrenok, P.S. (September 2012). "Steroid Compounds from Pacific Starfish Mithrodia clavigera and Their Toxicity to Human Melanoma Cells". Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry. 38 (5): 520–525. doi:10.1134/S1068162012050093.


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