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 perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Asterias Linnaeus, 1758

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

*Cribrella oculata var. murina*	Perrier, 1875	synonym
*Cribrella sanguinolenta f. scabrior*	Michailovskij, 1903	synonym
*Echinaster scrobiculatus*	Danielssen & Koren, 1883	synonym
*Henricia crossispika*	Heding in Jägerskiöld, 1971	synonym; nom. nud.
*Henricia fisheri echinata*	Heding in Jägerskiöld, 1971	synonym; nom. nud.
*Henricia knipowitschi*	Djakonov, 1950	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Swedish: nätkrullstjärna

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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 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	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
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.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Henricia perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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:123971