Bloody Henry starfish
Henricia oculata.
Image width ca 30 cm.
Image: Keith Hiscock
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Henricia oculata Bloody Henry starfish |
Henricia oculata. Image width ca 30 cm. Image: Keith Hiscock |
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Phylum | Echinodermata |
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Class | Asteroidea |
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Habitat Information |
| Found on a variety of substrata on open coasts. |
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Species description |
| A stiff rigid starfish with a sandpapery texture to the dorsal surface. This species comes in a wide variety of colour forms, reds, browns, purples and yellows. Sometimes the disc and inner portions of the arms is much darker than the outer part of the arms, as though the animal has been splashed with paint. The dorsal spinelets are more opaque and irregular than in Henricia sanguinolenta. |
| PMF archive information |
| Unavailable |
| Species name is listed in the PMF at the following locations: |
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>Eddystone (inner) Channel Grounds Eddystone (outer) Channel Grounds Mewstone area Reny Rocks Stoke Point Grounds Wembury bay |
Links to the MarLIN Biology and Sensitivity Key-information pages | |||||
| Taxonomy & Identification |
General Biology | Habitat Preference & Distribution | Sensitivity & Recoverability | Importance | |