WoRMS taxon details
Dendraster L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
AphiaID: 512706
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, | ||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | ||||||||||
| Links | To Echinoid Directory To GenBank To ITIS | ||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:512706 | ||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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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: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512706 on 2013-05-25 | |||||||||||
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