Figure 16. a–d in A molecular and morphological revision of genera of Asterinidae (Echinodermata: Asteroidea)

Figure 16. a–d, Parvulastra exigua: a, cleared ray (R = 10 mm, NMV F98062); b, denuded abactinal granuliform spinelets (NMV F98062); c, actinal interradius (R = 9 mm, NMV F98062); d, oral spines (R = 10 mm, NMV F97450). e–f, Patiriella oliveri (R = 28 mm, MNZ EC4805): e, abactinal disc and spinelets; f, absence of superambulacral plates (left arrow), presence of superactinal plates (right arrow). g–i, Pseudopatiria obtusa (R = 54 mm, holotype, BMNH 1938.6.23.24): g, section of ray with absence of both superambulacral and superactinal plates; h, abactinal subpaxilliform spinelets, and pedicellaria (lower left); i, actinal spines.