Henricia

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

Henricia is a genus of slender-armed sea stars belonging to the family Echinasteridae.

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

Species

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

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References

  1. ^ Gray, J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias Linnaeus). Annals of the Magazine of Natural History 6: 175-184; 275-290
  2. ^ WoRMS : Henricia