FIGURE 5. A–B in Henricia pumila sp. nov.: A brooding seastar (Asteroidea) from the coastal northeastern Pacific

FIGURE 5. A–B SEM images of aboral spines, scale bar = 100µm. A. Henricia leviuscula (MFS 149) spines with fenestrated smooth-sided shafts tipped with splayed sharp points. B. Henricia pumila, n. sp. (MFS 109 paratype) spines with fenestrated smooth-sided shafts tipped with sharp points that do not splay. C–G close-ups of aboral pseudopaxillae. C, E. H. leviuscula USNM 1116587. D,F. H. pumila n. sp. holotype. G. H. pumila n. sp. USNM 1116586 paratype, fixed in formalin and air-dried. Note tissue obscuring spine tips.