Dendraster excentricus  (Pacific Sand Dollar)

© Aaron Baldwin (Photo ID #2174)

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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
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Photo ID #	2174
Comments	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.