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
- ^ Dendraster, The World Echinoidea Database
- ^ Dendrasteridae, The World Echinoidea Database
- ^ 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.
- ^ Dendraster, Encyclopedia of Life
- ^ Organism Names
- ^ Universal Biological Indexer