Dermasterias imbricata; Leather Star; <small>(shown with <a href=/cgi/img_query?where-taxon=Corynactis+californica&title_tag=Corynactis+californica>Corynactis californica</a>)</small>

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Dermasterias imbricata; Leather Star; (shown with Corynactis californica)

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Dermasterias imbricata
Leather Star
(shown with Corynactis californica)

Photographer: Lovell and Libby Langstroth
Organization: California Academy of Sciences
Collection: CalAcademy

ID: 0000 0000 0305 0558 (2005-03-18)

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date of photo between 1980 and 1985

latitude 36.81817 longitude -121.79356 max error distance 26012 meters View on Google Maps.

horizontal datum World Geodetic System 1984

georeferencing source GeoLocate

location Outer Monterey Bay (Monterey County, California, US)

family Poraniidae

order Spinulosida

class Asteroidea

habitat Subtidal

notes This leather star is hunched over its anemone prey in a characteristic embrace. It is one of the few predators of the anemone, a large part of its diet. The seastar makes every effort to avoid contact with the anemone's potent nematocysts. Depth 27 m.

camera Nikon in Oceanic housing

photo category: Animal - Invertebrate-Other

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common names Leather Star (photographer)

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