World Register of Deep-Sea species - Henricia microspina Verrill, 1915

Deep-Sea name details

Henricia microspina Verrill, 1915

AphiaID

381559 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:381559)

Classification

Status

unaccepted (Synonym according to Downey (1973).)

Accepted name

Henricia antillarum Perrier, 1881

Rank

Species

Parent

Henricia Gray, 1840

Original name

Henricia microspina Verrill, 1915

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 48 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Mah, C.L. (2025). World Asteroidea Database. Henricia microspina Verrill, 1915. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381559 on 2026-05-09

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Henricia microspina Verrill, 1915. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=381559 on 2026-05-09

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2009-01-28 02:30:30Z

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Mah, Christopher

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original description Verrill, A. E. (1915). Report on the starfishes of the West Indies, Florida, and Brazil, including those obtained by the Bahama expedition from the University of Iowa in 1893. <em>Bulletins form the Laboratories of Natural History.</em> 7(1):1-232, 29 plates., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12346117
page(s): 48 [details]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To NMNH Extant Collection (Henricia microspina USNM 18390 - dorsal)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Henricia microspina USNM 18390 - ventral)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 18390)

Unreviewed

To NMNH Extant Collection (Henricia microspina USNM 18390 - dorsal)

Hosted externally

To NMNH Extant Collection (Henricia microspina USNM 18390 - ventral)

Hosted externally