🦋 Family

Asteropseidae

2 species · Animals

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Animalia › Echinodermata › Asteroidea › Valvatida › Asteropseidae
Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857)

Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857)

Dermasterias imbricata (Grube, 1857)

Dermasterias imbricata, the leather star, is a garlic-smelling North American Pacific coast starfish growing to 30 cm across.
Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)

Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)

Petricia vernicina (Lamarck, 1816)

Petricia vernicina, the velvet seastar, is an Asteropseidae sea star found from Australia to the Kermadec Islands, feeding on lace coral, sea squirts and sponges.

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