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Sea stars & urchins

Cake Sand Dollar

Arachnoides placenta

Also known as: Biscuit Urchin, Heart Urchin, Sand Dollar, Sea Biscuit

Adult
@JarJar · TH, Thailand · March 20171 / 1
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Overview

Found singly, or in large groups, usually partially buried, in shallow waters, over fine rubble, sand, and seagrass beds of reefs.
They feed nocturnally on algae and benthic plankton.

These sand dollars have a flat base and convex top with short spines around the edge which they use for moving around the reef and to bury in the sand with.

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How to identify

Body shape
biscuitspines

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Habitat & where to find it

  • Range · Indo-Pacific
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Found singly, or in large groups, usually partially buried, in shallow waters, over fine rubble, sand, and seagrass beds of reefs.

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Adult photos 1

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    Taxonomy

    1. kingdomAnimalia
    2. phylumEchinodermata
    3. classEchinoidea
    4. orderClypeasteroida
    5. familyClypeasteridae
    6. genusArachnoides
    7. speciesArachnoides placenta (Linnaeus, 1758)

    SourcesWoRMSWikipedia

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    More in the family

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