Henricia

Henricia
Bloody Henry ( Henricia sanguinolenta )
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Spinulosida
Family:	Echinasteridae
Genus:	Henricia Gray, 1840 [1]
Type species
Asterias oculata Pennant, 1777
Synonyms
LinckiaForbes, 1839 non Nardo, 1834 Cribella Forbes, 1841 CribrellaLütken, 1857 MagdalenasterKoehler, 1907 CyllasterA.H. Clark, 1916 SpinohenriciaHeding, 1935

Henricia is a large genus of slender-armed sea stars belonging to the family Echinasteridae. It contains about fifty species.

The sea stars from this genus are ciliary suspension-feeders, filtering phytoplankton.

Species

According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), 99 species belong to this genus ^[2]

• Henricia abyssalis Mortensen, 1933
• Henricia alexyi Chichvarkhin & Chichvarkhina, 2017
• Henricia ambigua Djakonov, 1958
• Henricia angusta Djakonov, 1961
• Henricia aniva Djakonov, 1958
• Henricia anomala Hayashi, 1973
• Henricia antillarum Perrier, 1881
• Henricia arcystata Fisher, 1917
• Henricia aspera Fisher, 1906
• Henricia asthenactis Fisher, 1910
• Henricia aucklandiae Mortensen, 1925
• Henricia beringiana Djakonov, 1950
• Henricia caudani (Koehler, 1895)
• Henricia clarki Fisher, 1910
• Henricia compacta (Sladen, 1889)
• Henricia cylindrella (Sladen, 1883)
• Henricia densispina (Sladen, 1878)
• Henricia derjugini Djakonov, 1950
• Henricia diffidens (Koehler, 1923)
• Henricia djakonovi Chichvarkhin, 2017
• Henricia downeyae A.M. Clark, 1987
• Henricia dyscrita Fisher, 1911
• Henricia echinata Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia elachys Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia elegans Djakonov, 1950
• Henricia epiphysialis Ubagan, Lee, Kim & Shin, 2020
• Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
• Henricia exigua Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia fisheri A.M. Clark, 1962
• Henricia fragilis Kobayashi, Kohtsuka & Fujita, 2021
• Henricia gemma Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia gracilis (Ludwig, 1905)
• Henricia granulifera Djakonov, 1958
• Henricia hayashii Djakonov, 1961
• Henricia hedingi Madsen, 1987
• Henricia imitatrix Djakonov, 1961
• Henricia inexpectata Djakonov, 1961
• Henricia insignis Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia iodinea Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia irregularis Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia kapalae Rowe & Albertson, 1987
• Henricia kinkasana Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia kurilensis Djakonov, 1958
• Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)
• Henricia lineata Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia lisa A.H. Clark, 1949
• Henricia longispina Fisher, 1910
• Henricia lukinsii (Farquhar, 1898)
• Henricia margarethae Kobayashi, Kohtsuka & Fujita, 2021
• Henricia microplax Fisher, 1917
• Henricia minuta (Bell, 1882)
• Henricia mutans (Koehler, 1909)
• Henricia nana (Ludwig, 1905)
• Henricia nipponica Uchida, 1928
• Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889)
• Henricia ochotensis Djakonov, 1950
• Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777)
• Henricia olga Chichvarkhin, 2017
• Henricia ohshimai Hayashi, 1935
• Henricia orientalis Djakonov, 1950
• Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869)
• Henricia pachyderma Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia pacifica Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia pagenstecheri (Studer, 1885)
• Henricia palaspina Hopkins, 1967 (nomen nudum, Undescribed)
• Henricia parva Koehler, 1912
• Henricia pauperrima Fisher, 1906
• Henricia perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Henricia pertusa (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Henricia polyacantha Fisher, 1906
• Henricia praestans (Sladen, 1889)
• Henricia pseudoleviuscula Djakonov, 1958
• Henricia pumila Eernisse, Strathmann & Strathmann, 2010
• Henricia ralphae Fell, 1958
• Henricia reniossa Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia retecta A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
• Henricia reticulata Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia rhytisma Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia robusta Fisher, 1906
• Henricia sachalinica Djakonov, 1958
• Henricia saghaliensis Hayashi, 1940
• Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
• Henricia seminudus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
• Henricia sexradiata (Perrier, 1881)
• Henricia simplex (Sladen, 1889)
• Henricia singularis Djakonov, 1961
• Henricia skorikovi Djakonov, 1950
• Henricia smilax (Koehler, 1920)
• Henricia solida Djakonov, 1950
• Henricia spinulfera (E. A. Smith, 1876)
• Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780)
• Henricia studeri Perrier, 1891
• Henricia sufflata (Sladen, 1889)
• Henricia tacita Djakonov, 1958
• Henricia tahia McKnight, 1973
• Henricia tumida Verrill, 1914
• Henricia uluudax Clark & Jewett, 2010
• Henricia venturana Durham & Roberts, 1948 †
• Henricia vermilion Clark & Jewett, 2010

Gallery

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  Henricia leviuscula
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  Henricia ornata

References

1. Gray, J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 184
2. WoRMS : Henricia. Accessed October 30, 2024.

Further reading

• Catalogue of Life. (2008). Catalogue of Life. (2008). Retrieved May 8, 2010, from Species 2000: http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2008/browse_taxa.php?selected_taxon=991569
• Clark, A.M. & Downey, M.E. (1992) Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guide 3, 794 pp.
• Clark, A.M. (1996). An index of names of recent Asteroidea, part 3. Velatida and Spinulosida, in: Jangoux, M.; Lawrence, J.M. (Ed.) (1996). Echinoderm Studies, 5: pp. 183–250
• Djakonov, A.M. (1961) Survey of the star fish species of the genus Henricia Gray from the north-western parts of the Pacific Ocean. Investigations of the Far Eastern Seas of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Sciences of U.S.S.R., Moscow-Leningrad, 1961, 7, 5–89
• Kozloff, E.N. (1996) Marine Invertebrates of the Pacific Northwest, with Additions and Corrections. Univ. Washington Press, Seattle, Washington, 539 pp.
• Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336–351
• Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Zoological Catalogue of Australia 33. Echinodermata. Melbourne: CSIRO Australia, 510 pp.

External links

• Photos of Henricia
• Henricia pumila sp. nov.: A brooding seastar (Asteroidea) from the coastal northeastern Pacific, Zootaxa 2329: 22–36 (2010) (pdf)