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

  • Henricia abyssalisMortensen, 1933
  • Henricia alexyi Chichvarkhin & Chichvarkhina, 2017
  • Henricia ambiguaDjakonov, 1958
  • Henricia angustaDjakonov, 1961
  • Henricia anivaDjakonov, 1958
  • Henricia anomalaHayashi, 1973
  • Henricia antillarumPerrier, 1881
  • Henricia arcystataFisher, 1917
  • Henricia asperaFisher, 1906
  • Henricia asthenactisFisher, 1910
  • Henricia aucklandiaeMortensen, 1925
  • Henricia beringianaDjakonov, 1950
  • Henricia caudani(Koehler, 1895)
  • Henricia clarkiFisher, 1910
  • Henricia compacta(Sladen, 1889)
  • Henricia cylindrella(Sladen, 1883)
  • Henricia densispina(Sladen, 1878)
  • Henricia derjuginiDjakonov, 1950
  • Henricia diffidens(Koehler, 1923)
  • Henricia djakonovi Chichvarkhin, 2017
  • Henricia downeyaeA.M. Clark, 1987
  • Henricia dyscritaFisher, 1911
  • Henricia echinataClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia elachysClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia elegansDjakonov, 1950
  • Henricia epiphysialis Ubagan, Lee, Kim & Shin, 2020
  • Henricia eschrichti(Müller & Troschel, 1842)
  • Henricia exiguaHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia fisheriA.M. Clark, 1962
  • Henricia fragilis Kobayashi, Kohtsuka & Fujita, 2021
  • Henricia gemmaClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia gracilis(Ludwig, 1905)
  • Henricia granuliferaDjakonov, 1958
  • Henricia hayashiiDjakonov, 1961
  • Henricia hedingiMadsen, 1987
  • Henricia imitatrixDjakonov, 1961
  • Henricia inexpectataDjakonov, 1961
  • Henricia insignisClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia iodineaClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia irregularisHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia kapalaeRowe & Albertson, 1987
  • Henricia kinkasanaHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia kurilensisDjakonov, 1958
  • Henricia leviuscula(Stimpson, 1857)
  • Henricia lineataClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia lisaA.H. Clark, 1949
  • Henricia longispinaFisher, 1910
  • Henricia lukinsii(Farquhar, 1898)
  • Henricia margarethae Kobayashi, Kohtsuka & Fujita, 2021
  • Henricia microplaxFisher, 1917
  • Henricia minuta (Bell, 1882)
  • Henricia mutans(Koehler, 1909)
  • Henricia nana(Ludwig, 1905)
  • Henricia nipponicaUchida, 1928
  • Henricia obesa(Sladen, 1889)
  • Henricia ochotensisDjakonov, 1950
  • Henricia oculata(Pennant, 1777)
  • Henricia olgaChichvarkhin, 2017
  • Henricia ohshimaiHayashi, 1935
  • Henricia orientalisDjakonov, 1950
  • Henricia ornata(Perrier, 1869)
  • Henricia pachydermaHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia pacificaHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia pagenstecheri(Studer, 1885)
  • Henricia palaspinaHopkins, 1967 (nomen nudum, Undescribed)
  • Henricia parvaKoehler, 1912
  • Henricia pauperrimaFisher, 1906
  • Henricia perforata(O.F. Müller, 1776)
  • Henricia pertusa(O.F. Müller, 1776)
  • Henricia polyacanthaFisher, 1906
  • Henricia praestans(Sladen, 1889)
  • Henricia pseudoleviusculaDjakonov, 1958
  • Henricia pumilaEernisse, Strathmann & Strathmann, 2010
  • Henricia ralphaeFell, 1958
  • Henricia reniossaHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia retectaA.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
  • Henricia reticulataHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia rhytismaClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia robustaFisher, 1906
  • Henricia sachalinicaDjakonov, 1958
  • Henricia saghaliensisHayashi, 1940
  • Henricia sanguinolenta(O.F. Müller, 1776)
  • Henricia seminudus(A.H. Clark, 1916)
  • Henricia sexradiata(Perrier, 1881)
  • Henricia simplex(Sladen, 1889)
  • Henricia singularisDjakonov, 1961
  • Henricia skorikoviDjakonov, 1950
  • Henricia smilax(Koehler, 1920)
  • Henricia solidaDjakonov, 1950
  • Henricia spinulfera(E. A. Smith, 1876)
  • Henricia spongiosa(O. Fabricius, 1780)
  • Henricia studeriPerrier, 1891
  • Henricia sufflata(Sladen, 1889)
  • Henricia tacitaDjakonov, 1958
  • Henricia tahiaMcKnight, 1973
  • Henricia tumidaVerrill, 1914
  • Henricia uluudaxClark & Jewett, 2010
  • Henricia venturanaDurham & Roberts, 1948 †
  • Henricia vermilionClark & Jewett, 2010

Gallery

Further reading

  • Catalogue of Life. (2008). Catalogue of Life. (2008). Retrieved May 8, 2010, from Species 2000:
  • 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.

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