Eccentric Sand Dollar or
Western Sand Dollar
Eccentric sand dollar.jpg
Ganges Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Echinodermata
Class:
Echinoidea
Order:
Clypeasteroida
Suborder:
Scutellina
Family:
Dendrasteridae

Lambert, 1900
Genus:
Dendraster

L. Agassiz, 1847

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. The best-known, most common and widespread species is D. excentricus.

Species

Listed alphabetically.


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