Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Superorder Spinulosacea > Order Spinulosida > Family Echinasteridae

Henricia Gray, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cribella*	Forbes, 1841	synonym
*Cribrella*	Lütken, 1857	synonym; alternate representation
*Cyllaster*	A.H. Clark, 1916	synonym
*Linckia*	Forbes, 1839	synonym
*Magdalenaster*	Koehler, 1907	synonym
*Spinohenricia*	Heding, 1935	synonym

Children

Henricia caudani (Koehler, 1895)
Henricia cylindrella (Sladen, 1883)
Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
Henricia fisheri A.M. Clark, 1962
Henricia hedingi Madsen, 1987
Henricia lisa A.H. Clark, 1949
Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777)
Henricia perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Henricia pertusa (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)
Henricia skorikovi Djakonov, 1950
Henricia solida Djakonov, 1950
Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780)

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): blodsjøstjerner sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: blodsjøstjerner sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: blodsjøstjerner

Norwegian Nynorsk: blodsjøstjerner

Nynorsk (Norwegian): blodsjøstjerner

Literature

original description	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.
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	Clark, R.N. and S.C. Jewett. (2010). A new genus and thirteen new species of sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from the Aleutian Island Archipelago. Zootaxa 2571: 1-36.
additional source	Clark, A.M. and M.E. Downey. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall: London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.)
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: pp. 183-250

Genbank

External Links

GenBank
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Henricia Gray, 1840. In: Mah, C.L. (2014) World Asteroidea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123276