Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Dendrasteridae
Alternative combination: Echinarachnius ashleyi
Belongs to Dendraster according to W. S. W. Kew 1920
See also Grant and Hertlein 1938
Sister taxa: Dendraster arnoldi, Dendraster casseli, Dendraster cedrosensis, Dendraster coalingaensis, Dendraster diegoensis, Dendraster elsmerensis, Dendraster excentricus, Dendraster gibbsii, Dendraster hesperis, Dendraster jacalitosensis, Dendraster pacificus, Dendraster pentagonalis, Dendraster sullivani, Dendraster venturaensis, Dendraster vizcainoensis
Subtaxa: Dendraster ashleyi ynezensis
Ecology: slow-moving semi-infaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (30: California collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of United States (1: California)
• Pliocene of United States (3: California)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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