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title: "Leather Star"
description: "Dermasterias imbricata — Other animals. 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."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/animal/leather-star
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Leather Star

> Dermasterias imbricata — Other animals. 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.

- Scientific name: *Dermasterias imbricata*
- Category: `other` (Other animals)
- Habitats: `sea` (Sea & coast)
- iNaturalist observations: 17562
- Wikidata: [Q2618140](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2618140)
- iNaturalist taxon: [63382](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/63382)

## Names

- en: Leather Star
- es: Estrella de Cuero

## Countries with the most observations

US (8976), CA (8148)

## Summary

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.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leather_star

## Photo

![Leather Star](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/leather-star/medium.jpg)

Photo: Randal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/28201533

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/leather-star?lang=en` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).