---
title: "Pacific Blood Star"
description: "Henricia leviuscula — Outros animais. Henricia leviuscula, commonly called the Pacific blood star, is a species of sea star found along the Pacific coast of North America."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/pacific-blood-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Pacific Blood Star

> Henricia leviuscula — Outros animais. Henricia leviuscula, commonly called the Pacific blood star, is a species of sea star found along the Pacific coast of North America.

- Scientific name: *Henricia leviuscula*
- Category: `other` (Outros animais)
- Habitats: `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 2258
- Wikidata: [Q2187343](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2187343)
- iNaturalist taxon: [47664](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/47664)

## Names

- en: Pacific Blood Star
- es: Estrella de mar de sangre

## Countries with the most observations

US (810), CA (448), MX (5)

## Summary

Henricia leviuscula, commonly called the Pacific blood star, is a species of sea star found along the Pacific coast of North America.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henricia_leviuscula

## Photo

![Pacific Blood Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pacific-blood-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Stephanie Taylor · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/6825272

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pacific-blood-star?lang=pt` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).