Eccentric Sand Dollar (Dendraster excentricus)

Eccentric Sand Dollar, a reference photo — Photo: louisiv826 · CC BY 4.0 (licence)

Dendraster excentricus, also known as the eccentric sand dollar, sea-cake, biscuit-urchin, western sand dollar, or Pacific sand dollar, is a species of echinoderm in the family Dendrasteridae. It is a flattened, burrowing sea urchin found in the north-eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of Eccentric Sand Dollar being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

Echinarachnius parma
Fellaster zelandiae

Classification

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Echinolampadacea
Family: Dendrasteridae
Genus: Dendraster
Species: Dendraster excentricus

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