Species

Dendraster excentricus (Eccentric sand dollar)

Dendraster excentricus. Photo: (c) Liz, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

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Eccentric sand dollar (Dendraster excentricus), also known as the sea-cake, biscuit-urchin, western sand dollar, or Pacific sand dollar, is a member of the order Clypeasteroida, better known as sand dollars, a species of flattened, burrowing sea urchins found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.

Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Animalia (Animals)
  - Phylum: Echinodermata (Echinoderms)
    - Subphylum: Echinozoa (Sea urchins and sea cucumbers)
      - Class: Echinoidea (Sea urchins, sand dollars, and heart urchins)
        Subclass: Euechinoidea (Sea urchins)
        Infraclass: Irregularia (Irregular sea urchins)
        Subterclass: Neognathostomata
        Superorder: Luminacea (Sand dollars and sea biscuits)
        Order: Echinolampadacea (Sand dollars)
        Suborder: Scutelloida
        Infraorder: Scutelliformes
        Superfamily: Scutelloidea
        Family: Dendrasteridae
        Genus: Dendraster
        Species: Dendraster excentricus (Eccentric sand dollar)

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