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Sand dollar

Sand dollars (also known as sea cookies or snapper biscuits in New Zealand and Brazil, or pansy shells in South Africa, and sometimes as sand urchins) are species of flat, burrowing sea urchins belonging to the order Clypeasteroida. Some species within the order, not quite as flat, are known as sea biscuits. Sand dollars can also be called "sand cakes"…

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Sand dollar

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Avg. degree1.98
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related to Suborders and families · 34
Sand dollar → Abertellidae Durham, According, Agassiz, Astriclypeidae Stefanini, Clypeasterinafamily Clypeasteridae, Conoclypeidae, Dendrasteridae Lambert, Eoscutellidae Durham, Faujasiidae Lambert, Fibulariidae Gray, Fossulasteridae Philip, Foster, Keyhole, Laganidae Desor, Lambert, Marine Species, Mellitidae Stefanini, Monophorasteridae Lahille, Oligopygidae Duncan, Pacific
related to External links · 32
Sand dollar → Aristotle's, Bibcode, Biological Sciences, Cheryl PageVideo, Clypeaster, Clypeasteroida, Connective Tissue Research, Echinodermata, Ellers, Integrated Taxonomic Information System, January, JSTOR, London, Malcolm, Mooi, Muscles, October, Olaf, Paedomorphosis, Paleobiology
related to Description · 13
Sand dollar → As, Clypeasteroida, Coordinated, Dead, Eocene, In, Individuals, Jurassic, Paleocene, Sand, Soon, The, Togocyamus
related to Names · 10
Sand dollar → Americas, Caribbean, Clypeaster, English, In South Africa, In Spanish-speaking, Other, Spanish, The, To
related to Behavior and habitat · 7
Sand dollar → Caribbean Sea, Echinarachnius, Fine, Mellita, Northern Hemisphere, Sand, The

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sand dollars dollar larvae species sea test urchins spines also order known spawning clypeaster reproduction metamorphosis ocean found fish clypeasteroida

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Sand dollarrelated to Behavior and habitatSand0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to Behavior and habitatThe0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to Behavior and habitatEchinarachnius0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to Behavior and habitatNorthern Hemisphere0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to Behavior and habitatMellita0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to Behavior and habitatCaribbean Sea0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to Behavior and habitatFine0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to DescriptionSand0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to DescriptionJurassic0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to DescriptionTogocyamus0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to DescriptionPaleocene0.60section
Sand dollarrelated to DescriptionSoon0.60section

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