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