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Dendraster
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Dendraster

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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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Eccentric Sand Dollar

speciesDendraster excentricus

Dendraster terminalis

speciesDendraster terminalis

Dendraster vizcainoensis

speciesDendraster vizcainoensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 117702.