Henricia vermilion Clark & Jewett, 2010, sp. 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 vermilion; Fox Islands; Sumner; Aleutian Island; Archipelago; Alaska; Aleutian Islands
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6197352; https://zenodo.org/doi/10.5281/zenodo.6197352

Henricia vermilion sp. nov. Figures 53–58 Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson) Fisher, 1911: 280, (pars), non Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857. Henricia leviuscula leviuscula (Stimpson) Lambert, 2000: 104 (pars), Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857. Type locality: Alaska, Aleutian Islands, Fox Islands, Unalaska Island, Sumner Bay (54º55 N, 166º36 W), intertidal. Type material: Holotype, LACM 1993-211.001, 1 Paratype, LACM 1993-211.002, 1 Paratype, USNM 1125120 (all types, leg. R.N. Clark, 18 June, 1993.) Diagnosis: Moderately large, R to 10 cm; disc somewhat inflated, rays fairly broad at base, long, tapering to slender points; abactinal plates small oblong shaped, fairly close placed, bearing 38–50 (on larger plates) pointed spinules, bearing numerous thorns; adambulacrals with 7–9 very thick, blunt spines, largest one at furrow edge, 1–2 slightly smaller ones behind, followed by 2 rows of 3 shorter spines. Color in life bright vermilion or scarlet. Description: Moderately large, R to 9.7 cm (Holotype R = 5.4 cm), ... : 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 21-22, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.294234 ...