Thromidia
{{Short description|Genus of starfishes}}
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| taxon = Thromidia
| authority = Pope & Rowe, 1977
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| subdivision = 4 species (see text)
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Thromidia is a genus of starfish in the family Mithrodiidae.
Description and characteristics
These are unusually massive sea stars with five sausage-shaped arms, containing probably the heaviest species of Asteroidea, up to 6 kg.{{cite web |url=http://www.echinoblog.blogspot.fr/2008/07/what-are-worlds-largest-starfish.html |title=What Are the World's LARGEST Starfish?? |last1=Mah |first1=Christopher L. |date= |website=The Echinoblog |access-date=}}
Species
There are four recognized species according to World Register of Marine Species:
- Thromidia brycei Marsh, 2009 – Western Australia
- Thromidia catalai Pope & Rowe, 1977 – West Pacific
- Thromidia gigas (Mortensen, 1935) – South-west Indian ocean
- Thromidia seychellesensis Pope & Rowe, 1977 – Seychelles
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