Mithrodiidae
{{Short description|Family of starfishes}}
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| image = Thromidia catalai Heavy Starfish PNG by Nick Hobgood.jpg
| image_caption = Thromidia catalai
| taxon = Mithrodiidae
| authority = Viguier, 1878[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=149873 Mithrodidae] World Register of Marine Species.
| subdivision_ranks = Genera
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}}
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
