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Dendraster
''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.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. The best-known, most common and widespread species is '' D. excentricus''. Species Listed alphabetically. *'' Dendraster ashleyi'' (Arnold) † *'' Dendraster casseli'' Grant & Hertlein, 1938 † *'' Dendraster elsmerensis'' Durham, 1949 † *''Dendraster excentricus ''Dendraster excentricus'', also known as the eccentric sand dollar, sea-cake, biscuit-urchin, western sand dollar, or Pacific sand dollar, is a species of sand dollar in the family Dendrasteridae. It is a flattened, burrowing sea urchin found ...'' (Eschscholtz, 1831) *'' Dendraster gibbsii'' (Remond) ...
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Dendraster Casseli
''Dendraster'' is a genus of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae within the order Clypeasteroida. The Extant taxon, extant species in this genus are found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California peninsula, Baja California.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. The best-known, most common and widespread species is ''Dendraster excentricus, D. 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'' (G ...
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