Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Spinulosacea > Order Spinulosida > Family Echinasteridae > Genus Henricia

Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Henricia*	Gray, 1840	accepted genus name
*Cribella*	Agassiz, 1835	synonym
*Cribrella*	Lütken, 1857	synonym
*Cyllaster*	A.H. Clark, 1916	synonym
*Magdalenaster*	Koehler, 1907	synonym
*Spinohenricia*	Heding, 1935	synonym

Species group names

*Asterias oculata*	Pennant, 1777	synonym
*Cribrella oculata*	(Pennant, 1777)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Bloody Henry starfish

Literature

basis of record	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.
additional source	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.
additional source	Clark, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	Madsen, F.J. (1987). The Henricia sanguinolenta complex (Echinodermata, Asteroidea) of the Norwegian Sea and adjacent waters. A re-evaluation, with notes on related species. Steenstrupia 13(5): 201-268.
additional source	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: 183-250.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777). Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123970