A new species of the genus Henricia (Asteroidea, Spinulosida, Echinasteridae) from South Korea

By

Ubagan, Michael
Lee, Taekjun
Kim, Philjae
Shin, Sook

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020

Original Publication

ZooKeys

Volume

997

Pages

1--15

Subjects

Distribution , DNA barcoding , Henricia epiphysialis sp. nov , Morphology , taxonomy

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

Sofia, Bulgaria Pensoft Publishers

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.997.52703

 

Abstract

A new species of the genus Henricia Gray, 1840 that belongs to the family Echinasteridae is described from South Korea. Henricia epiphysialissp. nov. has epiphyseal ossicles at the ends of the abactinal and lateral plates, and the abactinal and lateral spines form a hooked crown. The partial sequence of the mitochondrial COXI gene (537 bp) of H. epiphysialissp. nov. was obtained, and the new species was morphologically and genetically compared with other related Henricia species.