WoRMS taxon details
Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
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)
- Species Dendraster excentricus (Eschscholtz, 1831)
- Species Dendraster terminalis (Grant & Hertlein, 1938)
- Species Dendraster vizcainoensis Grant & Hertlein, 1938
- 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)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Dendraster L. Agassiz in Agassiz & Desor, 1847. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=512706 on 2025-04-17
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Nomenclature
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]
page(s): 382-385 [details]
Taxonomy
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
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]
page(s): 367-368 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
