Biology:Dendraster

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Short description: Genus of sea urchins


Eccentric Sand Dollar or
Western Sand Dollar
Eccentric sand dollar.jpg
Ganges Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Phylum:
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Clypeasteroida
Suborder:
Scutellina
Family:
Dendrasteridae

Lambert, 1900
Genus:
Dendraster

L. Agassiz, 1847[1]

Dendraster is a genus of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae[2] within the order Clypeasteroida. The extant species in this genus are found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.[3] The best-known, most common and widespread species is D. excentricus.[3]

Species

Listed alphabetically.[4][5][6]

  • Dendraster ashleyi (Arnold) †
  • Dendraster casseli Grant & Hertlein, 1938 †
  • Dendraster elsmerensis Durham, 1949 †
  • Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1831)
  • Dendraster gibbsii (Remond) †
  • Dendraster laevis H. L. Clark, 1948
  • Dendraster pacificus Kew, 1920 †
  • Dendraster perrini (Weaver 1908) †
  • Dendraster rugosus H. L. Clark
  • Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein 1938)
  • Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant and Hertlein, 1938

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3199565 entry