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Order: Valvatida - Family Mithrodiidae

Thromidia catalai

Pope & Rowe, 1977

Brown Tipped Sea Star, Heavy Starfish, Fat Sea Star

Not Reef Tank Suitable

Not Suitable for Fish-Only Tank

Range: Western Pacific Ocean: Indonesia to Hawaii.

Size: 24 inches (60 cm)

Natural Environment: Inhabit lagoons and outer reefs and seen on all kinds of substrates.

Aquarium Suitability: Not collected for the home tropical aquarium trade.

Feeds on other invertebrates.

Best left in the wild.

Taxonomy:

    Kingdom: Animalia

    Phylum: Echinodermata

    Class: Asteroidea

    Order: Valvatida

    Family: Mithrodiidae

    Genus: Thromidia

FYI: Shown here for identification only.

 Thromidia catalai (Brown Tipped Sea Star, Heavy Starfish, Fat Sea Star)
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 Thromidia catalai (Brown Tipped Sea Star, Heavy Starfish, Fat Sea Star)
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