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Henricia sexradiata is a species of starfish in the family Echinasteridae. It is native to the western Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Henricia oculata, commonly known as the bloody Henry starfish, is a species of starfish in the family Echinasteridae. It is native to northwestern Europe. It was first described as Asterias oculata by the British zoologist Thomas Pennant in 1777, later being transferred to the genus Henricia.
Oithona is a planktonic crustacean genus found in marine, brackish, fresh water environments. Oithona has been described as the most ubiquitous and abundant copepod in the world's oceans. It was first described by Baird in 1843 using the species Oithona plumifera as taxon type.
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- 1 2 3 4 Boxshall, Geoff (2018). "Asterocheres lilljeborgi Boeck, 1859". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ Boxshall, Geoff (2018). "Asterocheres Boeck, 1859". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 5 July 2018.
- ↑ Ivanenko, V.N.; Ferrari, F.D. (2003). "Redescription of adults and description of copepodid development of Dermatomyson nigripes (Brady & Robertson, 1876) and Asterocheres lilljeborgi Boeck, 1859 (Copepoda, Siphonostomatoida, Asterocheridae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 116 (3): 661–691.
- ↑ "Bloody Henry starfish (Henricia oculata)". MarLIN. Retrieved 5 July 2018.
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