Mithrodia clavigera

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.

Mithrodia clavigera
Mithrodia clavigera in the Maldives
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Valvatida
Family:	Mithrodiidae
Genus:	Mithrodia
Species:	M. clavigera
Binomial name
Mithrodia clavigera (Lamarck, 1816)