A Newly Recorded Sea Star of Genus Henricia (Asteroidea: Spinulosida: Echinasteridae) from Jeju Island, Korea

A Newly Recorded Sea Star of Genus Henricia (Asteroidea: Spinulosida: Echinasteridae) from Jeju Island, Korea

Some asteroid specimens were collected at a depth of 150 m near Moseulpo in Jeju Island, Korea using fishing nets on October 2014. The specimens were identified as Henricia pacifica Hayashi, 1940 belonging to the family Echinasteridae of order Spinulosida. In the Korean fauna, seven species of genus Henricia were reported of which two species, H. nipponica and H. ohshimai, were distributed in Jeju Island. The morphological characteristics of this species were re-described with illustrations.

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