Biology:Henricia
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Short description: Genus of starfishes
| Henricia | |
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| Bloody Henry (Henricia sanguinolenta) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Spinulosida |
| Family: | Echinasteridae |
| Genus: | Henricia Gray, 1840[1] |
| Type species | |
| Asterias oculata Pennant, 1777
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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), the following species belong to this genus[2]
Gallery
References
- ↑ Gray, J.E. (1840). A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6: 184
- ↑ WoRMS : Henricia
Further reading
- Catalogue of Life. (2008). Catalogue of Life. (2008). Retrieved May 8, 2010, from Species 2000: http://www.catalogueoflife.org/annual-checklist/2008/browse_taxa.php?selected_taxon=991569
- 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.
External links
- Photos of Henricia
- Henricia pumila sp. nov.: A brooding seastar (Asteroidea) from the coastal northeastern Pacific, Zootaxa 2329: 22–36 (2010) (pdf)
Wikidata ☰ Q3132424 entry
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