Dendraster L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 
AphiaID: 512706

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Neognathostomata (Superorder) > Clypeasteroida (Order) > Scutellina (Suborder) > Scutelliformes (Infraorder) > Scutellidea (Superfamily) > Dendrasteridae (Family)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Genus
Parent		Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900
Synonymised taxa		Echinarachnius (Dendraster) L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 (accepted at genus rank)
Sources		basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1948. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ, pp. 471. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 382-385 [details] redescription: Mooi, R. 1997. Sand dollars of the genus Dendraster (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida): Phylogenetic systematics, heterochrony, and distribution of extant species. Bulletin of Marine Science 61, 343-375. [details] identification resource: Mooi, R. 1997. Sand dollars of the genus Dendraster (Echinoidea: Clypeasteroida): Phylogenetic systematics, heterochrony, and distribution of extant species. Bulletin of Marine Science 61, 343-375. page(s): 367-368 [details]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Species Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1829) Species Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938) Species Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 Species Dendraster granti Durham, 1950 † accepted as Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 Species Dendraster laevis H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938) Species Dendraster mexicanus H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 Species Dendraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Links		To Echinoid Directory To GenBank To ITIS
Attribute		Functional group: benthos » Stage: adult (inherited from Echinodermata) [details] Functional group: plankton » Stage: larva (inherited from Echinodermata) [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512706
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2010-09-06 12:01:53Z   created   Kroh, Andreas 2010-09-06 12:28:48Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Dendraster L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512706 on 2013-06-19