| Eccentric Sand Dollar or Western Sand Dollar  | |
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| Ganges Harbour, British Columbia, Canada | |
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| Suborder: | Scutellina  | 
| Family: | Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900  | 
| Genus: | Dendraster L. Agassiz, 1847[1]  | 
Dendraster is a genus of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae[2] within the order Clypeasteroida. 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.[4][5][6]
- 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
- ↑ Dendraster, The World Echinoidea Database
 - ↑ Dendrasteridae, The World Echinoidea Database
 - 1 2 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.
 - ↑ Dendraster, Encyclopedia of Life
 - ↑ Organism Names
 - ↑ Universal Biological Indexer
 
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