World Echinoidea Database - Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847

Echinoidea taxon details

Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847

Comparison of Dendraster species

AphiaID

512706 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512706)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Dendrasteridae Lambert, 1900

Synonymised names

Echinarachnius (Dendraster) L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847 · unaccepted (accepted at genus rank)

Merriamaster Lambert, 1911 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Orchoporus Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Twitchellia Lambert, 1916 † · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)

Direct children (13)

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Species Dendraster casseli Grant & Hertlein, 1938 †
Species Dendraster elsmerensis Durham, 1949 †
Species Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Species Dendraster gibbsii (Remond) †
Species Dendraster pacificus Kew, 1920 †
Species Dendraster perrini (Weaver, 1908) †
Species Dendraster sullivani Durham & Morgan, 1978 †
Species Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938)
Species Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938
Species Dendraster granti Durham, 1950 † accepted as Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Dendraster laevis H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938) (junior subjective synonym)
Species Dendraster mexicanus H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 (junior subjective synonym)
Species Dendraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1948 accepted as Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 (junior subjective synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512706 on 2024-04-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2010-09-06 12:01:53Z

created

Kroh, Andreas

2010-09-06 12:28:48Z

changed

Kroh, Andreas

[taxonomic tree]

basis of record Mortensen, T. (1948). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. IV, 2. Clypeasteroida. Clypeasteridæ, Arachnoidæ, Fibulariidæ, Laganidæ and Scutellidæ. 471 pp., 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]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

To Echinoid Directory
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Orchoporus Lambert & Thiéry, 1914 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Merriamaster Lambert, 1911 †)
To Echinoid Directory (from synonym Twitchellia Lambert, 1916 †)
To European Nucleotide Archive (ENA)
To Genbank
To ITIS

From editor or global species database

Comparison of Dendraster species