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Dendraster

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Phylum
  
Echinodermata

Rank
  
Genus

Suborder
  
Scutellina

Higher classification
  
Dendrasteridae

Order
  
Sand dollar

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Family
  
Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900

Similar
  
Dendraster excentricus, Sand dollar, Encope, Mellita, Clypeaster

Sand dollar dendraster feeding


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

Contents

Dendraster excentricus


Species

Listed alphabetically.

  • 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

    Dendraster Wikipedia
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