Mithrodia clavigera

Mithrodia clavigera
Mithrodia clavigera in the Maldives
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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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