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Eccentric Sand Dollar

dendraster excentricus

The Eccentric Sand Dollar has a unique star-shaped pattern on its shell that looks like a beautiful design! Kids love to find these treasures on the beach and learn about the ocean's secrets!

Lebensraum: Sandy ocean floors along the Pacific Coast

Aussehen

The Eccentric Sand Dollar is a flattened, disc-shaped echinoderm, typically grey to purple-brown. Its distinctive five-petal flower pattern is located off-center, making it visually unique among other sand dollar species.

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Eccentric Sand Dollar
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Eccentric Sand Dollar

Kategorie

Invertebrate

Seltenheit

Common

Gefahr

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Interessante Fakten

A sand dollar's hard skeleton is called a 'test' – like a tiny suit of armor!

Sometimes, their 'flower' pattern looks like a dove when held to the light!

They can gather up to 60,000 tiny grains of sand to help them stay anchored!

They use microscopic hairs called cilia to move collected food towards their mouth!

Besondere Fähigkeiten

Fähigkeit

Quick Burrower

Eccentric Sand Dollar can quickly burrow into the sand using its short spines and tube feet, which helps them hide from predators.

Fähigkeit

Food Collector

Eccentric Sand Dollar has tiny hairs called cilia on its spines that help them collect small food particles from the water column.

Fähigkeit

Self-Righting

Eccentric Sand Dollar can use its spines and tube feet to flip itself over quickly if it gets overturned by ocean currents.

Maße und Details

Average Diameter
7.5 cm
Lebenserwartung
10 Jahre
Average Thickness
1 cm

Ernährung und Fütterung

These marine invertebrates filter tiny bits of food from the water and sand to eat.

Altersunterschiede: null

Hauptnahrung

  • diatoms
  • algae
  • detritus
  • larval invertebrates

Nahrungssuche

  • Filter Feeding

Ökologische Zusammenhänge

Merkmale

Auch bekannt als

DendrasterSea Cookie

Sammlungen

Sicherheit

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Häufig gestellte Fragen

Was ist der/die/das average Diameter von Eccentric Sand Dollar?

7.5 cm

Was ist der/die/das lebenserwartung von Eccentric Sand Dollar?

10 Jahre

Was frisst Eccentric Sand Dollar?

These marine invertebrates filter tiny bits of food from the water and sand to eat.

Wo findet man Eccentric Sand Dollar normalerweise?

Sandy ocean floors along the Pacific Coast

Wie jagt Eccentric Sand Dollar?

Filter Feeding

Was ist der/die/das average Thickness von Eccentric Sand Dollar?

1 cm

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