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 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), the following species belong to this genus [2]

  • Henricia abyssalis Mortensen, 1933
  • 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 augusta Djakonov, 1961
  • 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 downeyae A.M. Clark, 1987
  • Henricia dyscrita Fisher, 1911
  • Henricia echinata Clark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia elachys Clark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia elegans Djakonov, 1950
  • Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  • Henricia exigua Hayashi, 1940
  • Henricia fisheri A.M. Clark, 1962
  • 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 microplax Fisher, 1917
  • 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 ohshimai Hayashi, 1935
  • Henricia orientalis Djakonov, 1950
  • Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869)
  • Henricia pachyderma Hayashi, 1940
  • Henricia pacifica Hayashi, 1940
  • Henricia pagenstecheri (Studer, 1885)
  • 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 vermilion Clark & Jewett, 2010


External links

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