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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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Within Vinony's link graph, Dendraster is referenced by 14 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, Alaska and Wikidata.
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
Habitatmarine
Observations10,853
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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- Commons category
- Dendraster
- taxon name
- Dendraster
- taxon rank
- genus
Sources (2)
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Gallery (2)
Connections
Animalia
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Alaska
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Wikidata
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genus
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taxonomy
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Wikispecies
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Echinodermata
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Echinoidea
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Baja California peninsula
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National Center for Biotechnology Information
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Integrated Taxonomic Information System
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Global Biodiversity Information Facility
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iNaturalist
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World Register of Marine Species
Organization
Catalogue of Life
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Animal Diversity Web
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Paleobiology Database
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Barcode of Life Data Systems
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neontology
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Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
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