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Dendraster
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Dendraster is a genus of echinoderms, the only genus in the family Dendrasteridae. The extant species in this genus are found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California. The best-known, most common and widespread species is D. excentricus.
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It sits within the topics Dendrasteridae, Sea urchin genera and Taxonbars with multiple manual Wikidata items.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
Eccentric Sand Dollar
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumEchinodermata
- ClassEchinoidea
- OrderEchinolampadacea
- FamilyDendrasteridae
via GBIF
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 2,024
- With media
- 166
- Family
- Dendrasteridae
- Collections
- PRI, LACM, SDNHM
- Recorded in
- United States
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Dendrasteridae
- Image
- Eccentric sand dollar.jpg
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Dendraster is a genus of echinoderms, the only genus in the family Dendrasteridae. The extant species in this genus are found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California. 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 (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
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