Dendraster

<i>Dendraster</i>

Dendraster

Genus of sea urchins

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]

Quick Facts Eccentric Sand Dollar or Western Sand Dollar, Scientific classification ...

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. [1]
    Dendraster, The World Echinoidea Database
  2. [2]
    Dendrasteridae, The World Echinoidea Database
  3. [3]
    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. [4]
    Dendraster, Encyclopedia of Life
  5. [5]
    Organism Names
  6. [6]
    Universal Biological Indexer


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