Eccentric Sand Dollar or Western Sand Dollar | |
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Ganges Harbour, British Columbia, Canada | |
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Suborder: | Scutellina
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Family: | Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900
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Genus: | Dendraster L. Agassiz, 1847[1]
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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]
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