Leptasterias aequalis

Taxobox
name = "Leptasterias aequalis"


image_width =
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Echinodermata
classis = Asteroidea
ordo = Forcipulatida
familia = Asteriidae
genus = "Leptasterias"
species = "L. aequalis"
binomial = "Leptasterias aequalis"
binomial_authority = (Stimpson, 1862)

"Leptasterias aequalis", common names little six-rayed seastar or six-armed star, is a species of seastar or starfish.

This is a small species, with a total width of only about 5 cm or 2 inches. The coloration is extremely variable.

This seastar is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean, from Washington to Southern California. It lives on rocky shores, in the mid intertidal zone.

References

External links

* Lots of good information at: [http://www.wallawalla.edu/academics/departments/biology/rosario/inverts/Echinodermata/Class%20Asteroidea/Leptasterias_aequalis.html]
* Two good images at: [http://calphotos.berkeley.edu/cgi/img_query?stat=BROWSE&query_src=photos_fauna_sci-Invertebrate&where-lifeform=Invertebrate&where-taxon=Leptasterias+aequalis&title_tag=Leptasterias+aequalis]