Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Asterozoa > Class Asteroidea > Subclass Ambuloasteroidea > Infraclass Neoasteroidea > Superorder Spinulosacea > Order Spinulosida > Family Echinasteridae

Henricia Gray, 1840

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Cribella*	Agassiz, 1835	synonym
*Cribrella*	Lütken, 1857	synonym
*Cyllaster*	A.H. Clark, 1916	synonym
*Magdalenaster*	Koehler, 1907	synonym
*Spinohenricia*	Heding, 1935	synonym

Children

Henricia abyssalis (Perrier, 1894)
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 (+) (-)

Japanese: ヒメヒトデ属 sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

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

Norwegian Nynorsk: blodsjøstjerner

Literature

original description	Gray, J.E. (1840). XXII. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma (Asterias, Linnaeus). Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 6: 175-184.
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, A. M.; Downey, M. E. (1992). Starfishes of the Atlantic. Chapman & Hall Identification Guides, 3. Chapman & Hall. London, UK. ISBN 0-412-43280-3. xxvi, 794 pp.
additional source	Clark, R. N.; Jewett, S. C. (2010). A new genus and thirteen new species of sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from the Aleutian Island Archipelago. Zootaxa. 2571, 1-36.
additional source	Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 pp.
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: 183-250.

Genbank

Citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Henricia Gray, 1840. 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:123276