#5054 · 🪼 jellyfish, starfish, worms & co
Dwarf Mottled Henricia
Henricia pumila
🪼 Jellyfish, starfish, worms & co 📍 outside Europe
📍 Monterey County, CA, USA
📍 Uplands Park, Capital, British Columbia, Canada
📍 Pacific Grove
📍 Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, US
10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences
- 1. © Donna Pomeroy · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 2. © juliamarkey · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 3. © Alison Young · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 4. © Lorri G. · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
- 5. © Alison Young · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 6. © Alison Young · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 7. Monterey County, CA, USA:© passiflora4 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 8. Uplands Park, Capital, British Columbia, Canada:© Eva Ullström · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 9. Pacific Grove:© ladybug444 · CC BY-NC 4.0
- 10. Golden Gate, San Francisco, CA, US:© larkinthemorning · CC BY-NC 4.0
what is it?
Henricia pumila , commonly known as the dwarf mottled henricia , is a species of blood star, a starfish in the family Echinasteridae.
base stats
Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).
fun facts
- No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
- 3,793 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
- Scientifically named by D. J. Eernisse in 2010 (16 years ago).
fact sheet
- English
- Dwarf Mottled Henricia
- scientific name
- Henricia pumila
- class
- Asteroidea
- order
- Spinulosida
- family
- Echinasteridae
- sightings in NL
- 0
- sightings worldwide
- 3,793
- GBIF records in NL
- 0
- weight
- —
- length
- —
- lifespan
- —
- named
- 2010 by D. J. Eernisse
relatives· Echinasteridae
Sources: iNaturalist taxon 130864, Wikidata Q2601474, GBIF 5187379, Wikipedia (EN), Wikipedia (NL). Intro text from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).Updated 2026-10-24.