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Dendraster excentricus Excentric Sand Dollar, Pacific Sand Dollar

Dendraster excentricus is commonly referred to as Excentric Sand Dollar, Pacific Sand Dollar. Difficulty in the aquarium: There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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Sand Dollars (Dendraster excentricus), at Anderson Island, Puget Sound WA. The white one in the background is dead. 2011


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lexID:
12718 
AphiaID:
513215 
Scientific:
Dendraster excentricus 
German:
Exzentrischer Sanddollar, Pazifischer Sanddollar 
English:
Excentric Sand Dollar, Pacific Sand Dollar 
Category:
Oursins 
Family tree:
Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Dendrasteridae (Family) > Dendraster (Genus) > excentricus (Species) 
Initial determination:
(Eschscholtz, ), 1831 
Occurrence:
Alaska (Western Atlantic), Gulf of California, Pacific Ocean 
Sea depth:
0 - 90 Meter 
Size:
2.76" - 4.72" (7,5cm - 12cm) 
Temperature:
46.22 °F - 55.22 °F (7.9°C - 12.9°C) 
Food:
Detritus 
Difficulty:
There are no reports available yet that this animal has already been kept in captivity successfully 
Offspring:
Not available as offspring 
Toxicity:
Toxic hazard unknown 
CITES:
Not evaluated 
Red List:
Not evaluated (NE) 
Related species at
Catalog of Life:
 
Author:
Publisher:
Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:
Last edit:
2020-01-23 12:18:37 

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Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1831)

Dendraster excentricus is an irregular echinoid that is flattened and burrows into the sand, unlike the regular echinoids, or sea urchins. It can be found living in the Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California. They are colored gray, brown, black or shades of purple.

Synonymised names
Dendraster excentricus elongatus H.L. Clark, 1935 (subjective junior synonym)
Dendraster excentricus var. elongatus H.L. Clark, 1935 (junior subjective synonym)
Echinarachnius (Dendraster) excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1831) (transferred to Dendraster)
Echinarachnius excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1831) (transferred to Dendraster)
Scutella excentrica Eschscholtz, 1831 (transferred to Dendraster)

External links

  1. World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

Pictures

Commonly

Sand Dollars (Dendraster excentricus), at Anderson Island, Puget Sound WA. The white one in the background is dead. 2011
Foto: Morro Strand State Beach, Morro Bay, Kalifornien, USA
Dendraster excentricus, Pacific sand dollar, 2021
Dendraster excentricus. The larger was around 2.5 inches (60 mm).California 2018
Sand dollars - Dendraster excentricus, California 2018
Dendraster excentricus - alive!North of Imperial Beach, California.June 18, 2015
Sand Dollar, Dendraster excentricus.Imperial Beach, California.Dec. 27, 2012
Eccentric Sand Dollar ,Dendraster excentricus, Pillar Point 2014

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