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Dendraster

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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Dendraster
Dendraster excentricus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinolampadacea
Family: Dendrasteridae
Lambert, 1900
Genus: Dendraster
L. Agassiz, 18471

Dendraster is a genus of echinoderms, the only genus in the family Dendrasteridae2. The extant species in this genus are found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.3 The best-known, most common and widespread species is D. excentricus.3

Species

Listed alphabetically.456

  • 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
References

References

  1. Dendraster, The World Echinoidea Database
  2. Dendrasteridae, The World Echinoidea Database
  3. 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.
  4. Dendraster, Encyclopedia of Life
  5. Organism Names
  6. Universal Biological Indexer