Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Full reference: J. W. Durham and S. R. Morgan. 1978. New Sand Dollars (Echinoidea) of the Genera Merriamaster and Dendraster from Purisima Formation, California. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 41(11):297-305
Belongs to Dendraster according to J. W. Durham and S. R. Morgan 1978
Sister taxa: 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 venturaensis, Dendraster vizcainoensis
Type specimen: UCMP 14450, a test. Its type locality is San Gregorio Beach, which is in a Pliocene marine sandstone in the Purisima Formation of California.
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at San Gregorio Beach
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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