Dendraster

Dendraster
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 [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

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