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Henricia pacifica Hayashi 1940

Description

Henricia pacifica Hayashi, 1940

Figures 10 A–F, 12I

Henricia pacifica Hayashi, 1940: 152: pl. 9, figs 7–10.— Djakonov, 1958: 301; 1961: 16.— Hayashi, 1973: 79, pl. 13, fig. 2.

Material examined. East China Sea. One (R 36– 19 mm, r 4.8 mm, R: r 7.5–4.0), MBM175692, CN V580B-23, Stn. 13, 30°30ʹN,128°00ʹE, 365-395m, muddy sand, AT, coll. ZHANG, 1 Jul 1978;Two (R 31– 29 mm, r 5.2 mm, R: r 6.0–5.6; R 17– 14 mm, r 3.5 mm, R: r 4.9–4.0), MBM175701, CN V469B-79, Stn. V-11, 27 °30ʹN,126°00ʹE, 162m, fine sand, AT, coll. WU, 10 Oct 1975; One (R 51– 47 mm, r 7.0 mm, R: r 7.3–6.7), MBM176346, CN KY10B-82, Stn. Z -4, 28°40ʹN, 128°40ʹE, 1115m, soft mud, AT, 4 Aug 1981.

Distribution. East China Sea, Japan, and Sakhalin, 50–1115 m.

Remarks. This species is closely related to Henricia arcystata Fisher, but differs in each adambulacral plate bearing more numerous subadambulacral spines (on the plate surface) and a single furrow spine, not three furrow spines in a vertical series. Our specimens do not possess a short series of the secondary ventrolateral plate at the arm base. In addition, the present specimen extends the depth of the species to 1115 meters.

Notes

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 pages 13-14, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.279350

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Family
Echinasteridae
Genus
Henricia
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Spinulosida
Phylum
Echinodermata
Scientific name authorship
Hayashi
Species
pacifica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Henricia pacifica Hayashi, 1940 sec. Xiao, Liao & Liu, 2011

References

  • Hayashi, R. (1940) Contributions to the classification of the sea-stars of Japan: I. Spinulosa. Journal of the Faculty of Science Hokkaido Imperial University Series VI. Zoology, 7 (3), 107 - 204.
  • Djakonov, A. M. (1958) Echinodermata, excluding Holothuroidea, collected by the Kurile-Sakhalin expedition in 1947 - 1949. Investigation of the Far East Seas of the U. S. S. R, 5, 271 - 357.
  • Hayashi, R. (1973) The Sea-Stars of Sagami Bay. Biological Laboratory Imperial Household, Tokyo, 114 pp.