Dendraster

Dendraster is a genus of sand dollars of the family Dendrasteridae^[2] within the order Clypeasteroida. 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]

Eccentric Sand Dollar or Western Sand Dollar
Ganges Harbour, British Columbia, Canada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Suborder:	Scutellina
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