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

Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

HenriciaGray, 1840accepted genus name
Cribella Forbes, 1841 synonym
Cribrella Lütken, 1857 synonym
Cyllaster A.H. Clark, 1916 synonym
Linckia Forbes, 1839 synonym
Magdalenaster Koehler, 1907 synonym
Spinohenricia Heding, 1935 synonym

Species group names

Asterias sanguinolenta O.F. Müller, 1776 synonym
Cribrella pectinata Verrill, 1894 synonym
Cribrella sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776) synonym
Cribrella sanguinolenta f. laevior Michailovskij, 1903 synonym
Cribrella sanguinolenta var. curta Norman, 1869 synonym
Echinaster oculatus Düben & Koren, 1846 synonym
Echinaster oculatus f. minor Düben & Koren, 1846 synonym
Echinaster sarsi Müller & Troschel, 1844 synonym
Henricia perforata Rasmussen, 1965 synonym
Henricia sanguinolenta miliaris Verrill, 1914 synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: blood star; green slender sea star; polar sea star; polar slender sea star sources: North-West Atlantic Ocean species (NWARMS)
 French: étoile de cuir boréale; étoile de mer sanguine; petit étoile rouge-sang sources: Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp.;Bousfield, E.L. 1964. Coquillages des cotes canadiennes de l'Atlantique. > Musée national du Canada, Ottawa. 89 p.
 Swedish: rosenkrullstjärna

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

Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324.

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

Meinkoth, N.A. 1981. Field guide to North American seashore creatures. The Audubon Society. Alfred A. Knopf. New York. 799 p.

additional source

Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.

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

Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 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

North East Atlantic Taxa

Genbank

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Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
Barcode of Life (3 barcodes)
GBIF

Citation

Mah, C. (2014). Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776). 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:123974

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine, not brackish, not fresh, not terrestrial

Importance

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2008-10-26 by Christopher Mah

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