Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Full reference: L. Agassiz and P. J. E. Desor. 1847. Catalogue raisonné des familles, des genres, et des espèces de la classe des échinodermes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 7-8
Parent taxon: Dendrasteridae according to J. W. Durham 1955
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Durham 1966, Grant and Hertlein 1938, Kew 1920, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 1974
Sister taxa: Merriamaster, Scaphechinus, Scutellaster
Subtaxa: Dendraster arnoldi Dendraster ashleyi Dendraster casseli Dendraster cedrosensis Dendraster coalingaensis Dendraster diegoensis Dendraster elsmerensis Dendraster excentricus Dendraster gibbsii Dendraster hesperis Dendraster jacalitosensis Dendraster pacificus Dendraster pentagonalis Dendraster sullivani Dendraster venturaensis Dendraster vizcainoensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Mexico (2 collections), United States (54: California, Florida, South Carolina)
• Blancan of United States (3: California)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of Mexico (7), United States (26: California, Florida)
• Miocene to Pliocene of United States (6: California)
• Miocene of Mexico (1), United States (4: California)
Total: 104 collections including 114 occurrences
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