Dendraster

Dendraster
Dendraster excentricus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinolampadacea
Family: Dendrasteridae
Lambert, 1900
Genus: Dendraster
L. Agassiz, 1847[1]

Dendraster is a genus of echinoderms, the only genus in the family Dendrasteridae[2]. 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. ^ a b 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