Henricia Gray 1840 (sea star)
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Asteroidea - Spinulosida - Echinasteridae
Full reference: J. E. Gray. 1840. A synopsis of the genera and species of the class Hypostoma Asterias (Linn.). Annals and Magazine of Natural History 6:275-290
Parent taxon: Echinasteridae according to W. K. Spencer and C. W. Wright 1966
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Verrill 1870
Sister taxon: Echinaster
Subtaxa: Henricia parahybensis
Ecology: epifaunal carnivore-suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Right bank of Rio Gramame (Sphenodiscus zone) (Cretaceous of Brazil)
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