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

This seastar is found in the northeastern Pacific Ocean,[2] from Washington[3] to Southern California.

It lives on rocky shores, in the mid-intertidal zone.

The stars form mating aggregations and the female sits on her brood for a period of 6–8 weeks while the embryos develop underneath.

Eventually, the embryos fully metamorphose into juvenile sea-stars and walk away, and thus can only locally disperse.