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

  1. Dendraster, The World Echinoidea Database
  2. Dendrasteridae, The World Echinoidea Database
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mooi, R. (1997). Sand Dollars of the genus Dendraster (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida): Phylogenetic systematics, heterochrony, and distribution of extant species. Bulletin of Marine Species 61(2): 343–375.
  4. Dendraster, Encyclopedia of Life
  5. Organism Names
  6. Universal Biological Indexer

Wikidata ☰ Q3199565 entry