WoRMS taxon details
Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)
369117 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:369117)
accepted
Species
Chaetaster californicus Grube, 1865 · unaccepted (Probable synonym according to...)
Probable synonym according to Fisher (1911).
Cribrella laeviuscula (Stimpson, 1857) · unaccepted
Henricia attenuata H.L. Clark, 1901 · unaccepted
Henricia inequalis Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
Henricia leviuscula attenuata Clark H.L., 1901 · unaccepted
Henricia leviuscula var. inaequalis Verrill, 1914 · unaccepted
Henricia spatulifera Verrill, 1909 · unaccepted (A variety according to Verrill (1914))
Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857 · unaccepted
- Subspecies Henricia leviuscula annectens Fisher, 1910
- Subspecies Henricia leviuscula leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)
- Subspecies Henricia leviuscula spiculifera (H.L. Clark, 1901)
- Variety Henricia leviuscula var. lunula Verrill, 1914
- Subspecies Henricia leviuscula attenuata Clark H.L., 1901 accepted as Henricia attenuata H.L. Clark, 1901 accepted as Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)
- Subspecies Henricia leviuscula dyscrita Fisher, 1911 accepted as Henricia dyscrita Fisher, 1911
- Subspecies Henricia leviuscula multispina Fisher, 1910 accepted as Henricia multispina Fisher, 1910 accepted as Henricia leviuscula spiculifera (H.L. Clark, 1901)
- Variety Henricia leviuscula var. inaequalis Verrill, 1914 accepted as Henricia inequalis Verrill, 1914 accepted as Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)
- Variety Henricia leviuscula var. nipponica Uchida, 1928 accepted as Henricia nipponica Uchida, 1928
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 89 [details]
(of Cribrella laeviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 89 [details]
page(s): 89 [details]
(of Cribrella laeviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 89 [details]
Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Henricia leviuscula (Stimpson, 1857). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=369117 on 2026-08-06
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 89 [details]
original description (of Henricia attenuata H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 328 [details]
original description (of Henricia inequalis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Henricia spatulifera Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 554, 555 [details]
original description (of Cribrella laeviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 89 [details]
original description (of Chaetaster californicus Grube, 1865) Grube, A.E. (1865). der Resultate seines Aufenthaltes auf der Insel Lussin. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 42: 47-54., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46560306#page/61/mode/1up
page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Henricia leviuscula var. inaequalis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Henricia leviuscula attenuata Clark H.L., 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 328 [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]
page(s): 89 [details]
original description (of Henricia attenuata H.L. Clark, 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 328 [details]
original description (of Henricia inequalis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Henricia spatulifera Verrill, 1909) Verrill, A.E. (1909). Remarkable development of starfishes on the Northwest American coast; hybridism; multiplicity of rays; teratology; problems in evolution; geographical distribution. <em>American Naturalist.</em> 43(513): 542-555., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43286584
page(s): 554, 555 [details]
original description (of Cribrella laeviuscula (Stimpson, 1857)) Stimpson, W. (1857). On the Crustacea and Echinodermata of the Pacific shores of North America. <em>Boston Journal of Natural History.</em> 6: 444-532, pls. 18-23 [preprint issued April 1857, journal edition 1858]., available online at https://archive.org/stream/crustaceaechinod00stim#page/n3/mode/2up
page(s): 89 [details]
original description (of Chaetaster californicus Grube, 1865) Grube, A.E. (1865). der Resultate seines Aufenthaltes auf der Insel Lussin. <em>Jahres-Bericht der Schlesischen Gesellschaft für Vaterländische Cultur.</em> 42: 47-54., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46560306#page/61/mode/1up
page(s): 52 [details]
original description (of Henricia leviuscula var. inaequalis Verrill, 1914) Verrill, A.E. (1914). Monograph of the shallow-water starfishes of the North Pacific coast from the Arctic Ocean to California. Harriman Alaska series: US National Museum 14: 1-408 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/20755223
page(s): 219 [details]
original description (of Henricia leviuscula attenuata Clark H.L., 1901) Clark, H. L. (1901). No. 15. Echinoderms from Puget Sound: Observations made on the echinoderms collected by the parties from Columbia University, in Puget Sound in 1896 and 1897. <em>Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural HIstory.</em> 29(15): 323-337, 4 plates.
page(s): 328 [details]
basis of record Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Habitat Known from seamounts and knolls [details]
To Barcode of Life (21 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Henricia spatulifera Verrill, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Henricia leviuscula)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Linckia leviuscula USNM 003357 - dorsal) (from synonym Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Linckia leviuscula USNM 003357 - ventral) (from synonym Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (42 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 3357) (from synonym Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Henricia spatulifera Verrill, 1909)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Henricia leviuscula)
To GenBank (31 nucleotides; 23 proteins)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Linckia leviuscula USNM 003357 - dorsal) (from synonym Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Linckia leviuscula USNM 003357 - ventral) (from synonym Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (42 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (Holotype USNM 3357) (from synonym Linckia leviuscula Stimpson, 1857)
To ITIS
