Galapagos Species Database
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Henricia obesa
Depth: 22-940 m
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Asteroidea
Order
Spinulosida
Family
Echinasteridae
Genus
Henricia
Species
obesa
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: ribrella hyadesi Perrier, 1891, Cribrella obesa Sladen, 1889, Cribrella pagenstecheri Meissner, 1904, Henricia australis Barattini, 1938, Henricia hyadesi (Perrier, 1891), fide Horton et al. (2021)
Origin: Endemic
- Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Henricia obesa", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18989. Accessed 10 May 2025.