Dendraster
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Dendraster is a genus
of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae within the order Clypeasteroida.
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae within the order Clypeasteroida.
Species
Listed alphabetically.- Dendraster excentricusDendraster excentricusEccentric sand dollar , also known as the sea-cake, biscuit-urchin, western sand dollar, or Pacific sand dollar, is a member of the order Clypeasteroida, better known as sand dollars, a species of flattened, burrowing sea urchins found along the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.-General...
(Eschscholtz, 1831) - Dendraster laevis H. L. Clark, 1948
- Dendraster rugosus H. L. Clark
- Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant and Hertlein, 1938