Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938 
AphiaID: 718894

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) > Dendraster (Genus)

Status		accepted
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank		Species
Parent		Dendraster L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
Synonymised taxa		Dendraster granti Durham, 1950 † (junior subjective synonym) Dendraster mexicanus H.L. Clark, 1948 (junior subjective synonym) Dendraster rugosus H.L. Clark, 1948 (junior subjective synonym) Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris Grant & Hertlein, 1938 (junior subjective synonym)
Sources		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. page(s): 362-365 [details] from synonym: Durham, J.W. 1950. 1940 E. W. Scripps cruise to the Gulf of California. Part II. Megascopic paleontology and marine stratigraphy. The Geological Society of America Memoir, 43, 1–216. page(s): 41 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: 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): 385 [details] [view taxon] from synonym: Clark, H. L. 1948. A report of the echini of the warmer eastern Pacific, based on the collection of the Velero III. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions 8, ii-xii, 225-352. page(s): 313 [details] [view taxon]
Direct child taxa [show all]		Subspecies Dendraster vizcainoensis similaris Grant & Hertlein, 1938 accepted as Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range		recent + fossil
Distribution
Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Notes		Fossil range: Pliocene to recent [details] Type locality: Punta Santa Rosaliá, Bahía Sebastián Vizcaíno, Baja California, Mexico [details] Type material: Holotype: San Diego Natural History Museum Loc. 395; Paratypes: CASG 6947, University of California at Los Angeles 6068 CASG = California Academy of Sciences, Geological collection [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:718894
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 2013-02-10 21:00:22Z   created   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938. 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=718894 on 2013-05-19