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Leather star

Animal
The leather star is a sea star in the family Asteropseidae found at depths to 100 m off the western seaboard of North America. It was first described to science by Adolph Eduard Grube in 1857. Wikipedia
Scientific name: Dermasterias imbricata
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteroidea
Kingdom: Animalia
Family: Asteropseidae
Domain: Eukaryota