Dendraster jacalitosensis Kew 1920 (sand dollar)

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae

Full reference: W. S. W. Kew. 1920. Cretaceous And Cenozoic Echinoidea of the Pacific coast of North America. University Of California Publications Bulletin of the Department of Geology 23-236

Belongs to Dendraster according to W. S. W. Kew 1920

Sister taxa: Dendraster arnoldi, Dendraster ashleyi, Dendraster casseli, Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster coalingaensis, Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster elsmerensis, Dendraster excentricus, Dendraster gibbsii, Dendraster hesperis, Dendraster pacificus, Dendraster pentagonalis, Dendraster sullivani, Dendraster venturaensis, Dendraster vizcainoensis

Type specimen: UCMP 11034

Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Dendraster jacalitosensis in the database

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