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Tiny living sand dollar I found a number of these very tiny sand dollars and thought they might be a different species, but as I've just found out there is only one in the puget sound, I guess I can be sure that this is just a wee youngster. Dendraster excentricus,Eccentric Sand Dollar orWestern Sand Dollar,Geotagged,United States,Winter Click/tap to enlarge Species introCountry intro

Tiny living sand dollar

I found a number of these very tiny sand dollars and thought they might be a different species, but as I've just found out there is only one in the puget sound, I guess I can be sure that this is just a wee youngster.

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  1. View Ferdy Christant's profile
    Ferdy Christant
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    Wow, really few things escape your attention. Posted 10 years ago
    1. View travismorhardt's profile
      travismorhardt
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      I must agree with Ferdy on his remark, I am constantly in awe at your attention to detail an skill to notice the often unnoticed. Posted 10 years ago, modified 10 years ago

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The Eccentric Sand Dollar

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.

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Similar species: Sand Dollars
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By morpheme

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Uploaded Feb 25, 2015. Captured Feb 24, 2015 14:44 in 25643 Marine View Drive, Des Moines, WA 98198, USA.
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  • X-E1
  • f/1.0
  • 1/125s
  • ISO200
  • 50mm
Captured in the winter. More winter photos.