Henricia
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Henricia is a genus of slender-armed sea star
s belonging to the family Echinasteridae
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The sea stars from this genus are ciliary suspension-feeders, filtering phytoplankton
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Sea star
Starfish or sea stars are echinoderms belonging to the class Asteroidea. The names "starfish" and "sea star" essentially refer to members of the class Asteroidea...
s belonging to the family Echinasteridae
Echinasteridae
Echinasteridae is a family of sea stars in the order Spinulosida.-Genera:* Echinaster Müller and Troschel, 1840 * Henricia Gray, 1840 * Odontohenricia Rowe and Albertson, 1988 * Poraniopsis Perrier, 1891 * Stegnaster Sladen, 1889...
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The sea stars from this genus are ciliary suspension-feeders, filtering phytoplankton
Phytoplankton
Phytoplankton are the autotrophic component of the plankton community. The name comes from the Greek words φυτόν , meaning "plant", and πλαγκτός , meaning "wanderer" or "drifter". Most phytoplankton are too small to be individually seen with the unaided eye...
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Species
According to the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS), the following species belong to this genus- Henricia abyssalis Mortensen, 1933
- Henricia ambigua Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia angusta Djakonov, 1961
- Henricia aniva Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia anomala Hayashi, 1973
- Henricia antillarum Perrier, 1881
- Henricia arcystata Fisher, 1917
- Henricia aspera Fisher, 1906
- Henricia aspera aspera Fisher, 1906 - Ridged Blood Star
- Henricia aspera robusta Djakonov, 1949
- Henricia asthenactis Fisher, 1910
- Henricia aucklandiae Mortensen, 1925
- Henricia augusta Djakonov, 1961
- Henricia beringiana Djakonov, 1950
- Henricia caudani (Koehler, 1895)
- Henricia clarki Fisher, 1910
- Henricia compacta (Sladen, 1889)
- Henricia cylindrella (Sladen, 1883)
- Henricia densispina (Sladen, 1878)
- Henricia derjugini Djakonov, 1950
- Henricia diffidens (Koehler, 1923)
- Henricia downeyae A.M. Clark, 1987
- Henricia dyscrita Fisher, 1911
- Henricia elegans Djakonov, 1950
- Henricia eschrichti (Müller & Troschel, 1842)
- Henricia exigua Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia fisheri A.M. Clark, 1962
- Henricia gracilis (Ludwig, 1905)
- Henricia granulifera Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia hayashii Djakonov, 1961
- Henricia hedingi Madsen, 1987
- Henricia imitatrix Djakonov, 1961
- Henricia inexpectata Djakonov, 1961
- Henricia irregularis Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia kapalae Rowe & Albertson, 1987
- Henricia kinkasana Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia kurilensis Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia leviusculaHenricia leviusculaHenricia leviuscula, commonly called the Pacific blood star, it is a species of starfish found along the Pacific coast of North America.- Physical description :...
(Stimpson, 1857) - Pacific Henricia- Henricia leviuscula annectens Fisher, 1910
- Henricia leviuscula leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)
- Henricia leviuscula spiculifera (H.L.Clark, 1901)
- Henricia lisa A.H. Clark, 1949
- Henricia lisa ingolfi Madsen, 1987
- Henricia lisa lisa A.H.Clark, 1949
- Henricia longispina Fisher, 1910
- Henricia longispina aleutica Fisher, 1911
- Henricia longispina longispina Fisher, 1910
- Henricia lukinsii (Farquhar, 1898)
- Henricia microplax Fisher, 1917
- Henricia mutans (Koehler, 1909)
- Henricia nana (Ludwig, 1905)
- Henricia nipponica Uchida, 1928
- Henricia obesa (Sladen, 1889)
- Henricia ochotensis Djakonov, 1950
- Henricia oculata (Pennant, 1777)
- Henricia ohshimai Hayashi, 1935
- Henricia orientalis Djakonov, 1950
- Henricia ornata (Perrier, 1869)
- Henricia pachyderma Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia pacifica Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia pagenstecheri (Studer, 1885)
- Henricia pagenstecheri parva (Koehler, 1912)
- Henricia parva Koehler, 1912
- Henricia pauperrima Fisher, 1906
- Henricia perforata (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Henricia pertusa (O.F. Müller, 1776)
- Henricia polyacantha Fisher, 1906
- Henricia praestans (Sladen, 1889)
- Henricia pseudoleviuscula Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia pumila Eernisse, Strathmann, and Strathmann, 2010
- Henricia ralphae Fell, 1958
- Henricia reniossa Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia reniossa asiatica Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia reniossa reniosa Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia retecta A.M. Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976
- Henricia reticulata Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia robusta Fisher, 1906
- Henricia sachalinica Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia saghaliensis Hayashi, 1940
- Henricia sanguinolenta (O.F. Müller, 1776) - Bloody Henry, Blood Star
- Henricia seminudus (A.H. Clark, 1916)
- Henricia sexradiata (Perrier, 1881)
- Henricia simplex (Sladen, 1889)
- Henricia singularis Djakonov, 1961
- Henricia skorikovi Djakonov, 1950
- Henricia smilax (Koehler, 1920)
- Henricia smilax f. tenuis (Koehler, 1920)
- Henricia solida Djakonov, 1950
- Henricia spinulfera (E.A. Smith, 1876)
- Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780)
- Henricia studeri Perrier, 1891
- Henricia sufflata (Sladen, 1889)
- Henricia tacita Djakonov, 1958
- Henricia tahia McKnight, 1973
- Henricia tumida Verrill, 1914