''Dendraster'' is a
genus of
sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae within the order
Clypeasteroida. The
extant
Extant is the opposite of the word extinct. It may refer to:
* Extant hereditary titles
* Extant literature, surviving literature, such as ''Beowulf'', the oldest extant manuscript written in English
* Extant taxon, a taxon which is not extinct, ...
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''.
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Species
Listed alphabetically.Universal Biological Indexer
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*'' Dendraster ashleyi'' (Arnold) †
*''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 Califo ...
'' 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) †
*'' Dendraster laevis'' H. L. Clark, 1948
*''Dendraster pacificus
''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 o ...
'' Kew, 1920 †
*'' Dendraster perrini'' (Weaver 1908) †
*'' Dendraster rugosus'' H. L. Clark
*'' Dendraster terminalis'' (Grant & Hertlein 1938)
*'' Dendraster vizcainoensis'' Grant and Hertlein, 1938
References
Dendrasteridae
Echinoidea genera
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