Henricia spongiosa
creator: Hansson, Hans
creator: Mah, Christopher
date: 2026-08-29
language: en
license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
publisher: World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS)
relation: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php
subject: Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780)
type: ScientificName
bibliographic citation: Mah, C.L. (2026). World Asteroidea Database. Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123980 on 2026-08-29
created: 2004-12-21T16:54:05Z
modified: 2020-01-10T07:35:43Z
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replaces: 381262
rights holder: WoRMS Editorial Board
scientific name: Henricia spongiosa (O. Fabricius, 1780)
class: Asteroidea
family: Echinasteridae
genus: Henricia
kingdom: Animalia
name published in: Fabricius, O. (1780). Fauna Groenlandica, systematice sistens animalia groenlandiae occidentalis hactenus indagata, quoad nomen specificium, triviale, vernaculumque, synonyma auctorum plurimum, descriptionem, locum, victum, generationem, mores, usum capturamque singuli, pro ut detegendi occasio fuit, maximaque parte secundum proprias observationes. [Fauna Greenland, systematically presenting the animals of Western Greenland so far investigated, as to the specific name, trivial, vernacular, synonyms of the authors for the most part, description, place, life, generation, manners, use and catch of each one, as there was an opportunity to discover, and for the most part according to personal observations.]. Hafniae [= Copenhagen] & Lipsiae [= Leipzig], Ioannis Gottlob Rothe. xvi + 452 pp., 1 pl.
name published in: Michailovskij, M. (1903). Zoologische Ergebnisse der Russischen Expeditionen nach Spitzbergen. Echinodermen. Annuaire du Musée St. Pétersbourg. 7: 460-546.
name published in year: 1780
name published in year: 1903
order: Spinulosida
parent name usage ID: 123276
phylum: Echinodermata
scientific name authorship: (O. Fabricius, 1780)
specific epithet: spongiosa
taxon rank: Species
taxonomic status: accepted