Taxonomy

Animalia

Echinodermata

Asteroidea

Valvatida

Asteropseidae

Dermasterias imbricata

Leather Star

Overlapping Skin-star

The leather star (Dermasterias imbricata) is a sea star in the family Asteropseidae found at depths to 100 m (328 ft) off the western seaboard of North America. It was first described to science by Adolph Eduard Grube in 1857.

Dermasterias imbricata. Retrieved May, 08 2021, from en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_star.