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

*Henricia*	Gray, 1840	accepted 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

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Taxonomy

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External Links

Biodiversity Heritage Library (99 publications)
USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
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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