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An Aggregate of Eccentric Sand Dollars. When a good feeding place is found sand dollars form groups and can orientate themselves to make use of the currents to better feed themselves. These Eccentric sand dollars are fortunate to find themselves in an area that is still covered at very low tides. Canada,Dendraster excentricus,Eccentric Sand Dollar,Geotagged,Summer Click/tap to enlarge

An Aggregate of Eccentric Sand Dollars.

When a good feeding place is found sand dollars form groups and can orientate themselves to make use of the currents to better feed themselves. These Eccentric sand dollars are fortunate to find themselves in an area that is still covered at very low tides.

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Eccentric sand dollar, also known as the sea-cake, biscuit-urchin, western sand dollar, or Pacific sand dollar, is a member of the order Clypeasteroida, better known as sand dollars, a species of flattened, burrowing sea urchins found in the northeast Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Baja California.

Similar species: Sand Dollars
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Uploaded Sep 6, 2021. Captured Sep 6, 2021 11:36 in Sutil Point Rd, Mansons Landing, BC V0P 1K0, Canada.
  • E-M5MarkIII
  • f/16.0
  • 1/100s
  • ISO400
  • 74mm