Henricia gemma Clark & Jewett, 2010, spec. nov. ...

• Main Authors: Clark, Roger N., Jewett, Stephen C.
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2010
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Spinulosida; Echinasteridae; Henricia; Henricia gemma; Adak; Rat Islands; Aleutian Island; Archipelago; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197350; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6197350

Henricia gemma spec. nov. Figures 47–52 Henricia sanguinolenta eschrichtii (Müller & Troschel), Fisher, 1911: 276 (pars), non Echinaster eschrichtii Müller & Troschel, 1842: 25. Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Andreanof Islands, Adak Island, Kuluk Bay, Gannet Rocks (51º 52.215 N, 176º 36.383 E), 16 m. (AKALE 07-A0014). Type material: Holotype, LACM 2007-100.001 (leg. H. Chenelot, 12 July, 2007); Paratype, USNM 1125121 Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Rat Islands, Rat Island (51º 49.288 N, 178º 07.256 E), 14 m (leg. R.N. Clark, 1 July, 2007) (AKALE 07-A0031). Diagnosis: Small, inflated, R to 3.4 cm; disc large, rays relatively short, thick at base, tapering sharply to a slender tip; abactinal plates small, tightly spaces, bearing 6–18 thorny spinules; adambulacrals with 4–5 large, thick, blunt spines near furrow edge (arranged 1+2-3+2), followed by 10-16 much finer spines in 3 irregular rows. Oral plates with 5 thick marginal and 10–15 similar sub-marginal spines. Color in life uniformly red or ... : Published as part of Clark, Roger N. & Jewett, Stephen C., 2010, A new genus and thirteen new species of sea stars (Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from the Aleutian Island Archipelago, pp. 1-36 in Zootaxa 2571 on pages 19-20, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294234 ...