Henricia

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

Henricia
Bloody Henry (Henricia sanguinolenta)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Asteroidea
Order:	Spinulosida
Family:	Echinasteridae
Genus:	Henricia Gray, 1840[1]
Type species
Asterias oculata Pennant, 1777
Synonyms
Linckia Forbes, 1839 non Nardo, 1834 Cribella Forbes, 1841 Cribrella Lütken, 1857 Magdalenaster Koehler, 1907 Cyllaster A.H. Clark, 1916 Spinohenricia Heding, 1935

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 palaspinaHopkins, 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 venturanaDurham & 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)