Eccentric Sand Dollar or Western Sand Dollar | |
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Ganges Harbour, British Columbia, Canada | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia
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Phylum: | Echinodermata
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Class: | Echinoidea
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Order: | Clypeasteroida
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Suborder: | Scutellina
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Family: | Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900
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Genus: | Dendraster L. Agassiz, 1847
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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.
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