Henricia aspera subsp. robusta Djakonov 1949

• Main Authors: Xiao, Ning, Liao, Yulin, Liu, Ruiyu
• Format: Other/Unknown Material
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Echinodermata; Asteroidea; Spinulosida; Echinasteridae; Henricia; Henricia aspera; Henricia aspera robusta djakonov; 1949; Okhotsk; okhotsk sea; Sakhalin
• Online Access: https://zenodo.org/record/6184624; https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6184624

Henricia aspera robusta Djakonov, 1949 Figures 4 A–F, 12 G Henricia aspera robusta Djakonov, 1949: 30; 1958: 310. — Chang et al., 1964: 66.— Xu, 1994: 637. — Liao & Sun, 1996: 467, fig. 18 – 17. Henricia aspera Liao, 2008: 852 [Non H. aspera Fisher, 1906]. Material examined. Yellow Sea. One (R 37 – 33 mm, r 9.9 mm, R: r 3.7 – 3.3), Dry specimen, Xiaoping Island, SW Dalian; Two (R 39 – 35 mm, r 10.5 mm, R: r 3.7 – 3.3; R 39 – 34 mm, r 12.4 mm, R: r 3.1 – 2.7), MBM 175718, CN Y 36 B-32, 28 Jan 1959; One (R 36 – 34 mm, r 10.2 mm, R: r 3.5 – 3.3), Dry specimen, 54m, sandy mud, 28 Jan 1959; One (R 31 – 29 mm, r 8.5 mm, R: r 3.6 – 3.4), Dry specimen, CN Y0205, Stn. Y205, 38° 26 ʹN, 121 ° 34 ʹE, 54m, 26 Jul 1957. Distribution. Yellow Sea, Okhotsk Sea, Sakhalin, Kurile Island, 54– 300m. Remarks. This subspecies is recognized by its sturdy body form (Fig. 4 A). Arms are short and swollen, constricted at base; abactinal skeletons (Fig. 4 E) form a wide meshwork with large and sunken papular area; 3 to 8 small and sharp spinelets are generally arranged in comb-shape (Fig. 4 C) along the ridge surrounding papular areas. Specimens examined exactly agree with the description of Henricia aspera robusta by Chang et al. (1964). Published as part of Xiao, Ning, Liao, Yulin & Liu, Ruiyu, 2011, Records of the genus Henricia Gray, 1840 (Echinodermata: Asteroidea: Echinasteridae) from Chinese waters, pp. 1-20 in Zootaxa 3115 on page 5, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.279350