Dendraster

Eccentric Sand Dollar or
Western Sand Dollar
Ganges Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
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]


References


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