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Dendraster excentricus
(Pacific Sand Dollar)
© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2174)
Photographer's Submitted Details
Photo Location
Sand Dollar Beach, Sitka Sound, Alaska
Photographer
Aaron Baldwin
Habitat
Clean sand, mid to low intertidal
Photo Date
Upload Date
October 23, 2007
Elevation (m)
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Latitude
UTM Easting
Longitude
UTM Northing
Photo ID #
2174
Notes
In Alaska these echinoids have a patchy distribution, being found only in relatively clean sand on open coast exposed beaches. As a kid growing up however I remember seeing them by the thousands in the protected portions of Puget Sound.
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