Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Full reference: J. W. Durham. 1949. Dendraster elsmerensis Durham, n. sp. . American Journal of Science 247(1):49-62
Belongs to Dendraster according to J. W. Durham 1949
Sister taxa: Dendraster arnoldi, Dendraster ashleyi, Dendraster casseli, Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster coalingaensis, Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster excentricus, Dendraster gibbsii, Dendraster hesperis, Dendraster jacalitosensis, Dendraster pacificus, Dendraster pentagonalis, Dendraster sullivani, Dendraster venturaensis, Dendraster vizcainoensis
Type specimen: UCMP 32949. Its type locality is UCMP A4457 Elsmere Canyon, which is in a Pliocene marine horizon in the Pico Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Pliocene of United States (2: California collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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