*** Welcome to piglix ***

Thromidia

Thromidia
Thromidia catalai Heavy Starfish PNG by Nick Hobgood.jpg
Thromidia catalai
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Order: Valvatida
Family: Mithrodiidae
Genus: Thromidia
Pope & Rowe, 1977

Thromidia is a genus of starfish in the family Mithrodiidae.

These are extremely massive sea stars with 5 sausage-shaped arms, containing probably the heaviest species of Asteroidea, up tu 6 kg.

According to World Register of Marine Species :



...
Wikipedia

...