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Surprisingly, the actual name for a group of sand dollars is "a fortune." The term "sand dollar" refers to the round flat shape of the rigid endoskeleton which apparently reminded American sailors and sea-farers of a large coin when they spoted them washed up on beaches, bleached a dazzling white by the sun. This comparison to coinage and money led to the eventual use of the term "fortune" to describe a large group of these marine animals, which can congregate by the hundreds on sandbars just below the surface of the sea floor.
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What genus is a sand dollar in?
Sand dollars are actually an entire order of invertebrate animals. Therefor, there are many genera of sand dollars. However, the Common Sand Dollar belongs to the genus Echinarachnius.
What is the genus and species for a sand dollar?
Genus and species is Clypeaster subdepressus
What is the family genus and species of the sand dollar?
It differs from species to species. For example, let us take Western sand dollars. Their scientific name is Dendraster excentricus.Family name is DendstrasteridaeGenus is Dendraster.Species is Dendraster excentricus .
What was a sand dollar called before it was named a sand dollar?
A sand dollar was called a geopolitical dollar
What is the scientific name for pancake sand dollar?
Echinarachnius parma
Is a sand-dollar a vertebrate?
"Is a Sand Dollar a vertebrate?" No. A sand dollar is not a vertebrate because it does not have a backbone.
Does a sand dollar have a backbone?
no. a sand dollar is flat.
Is a sand dollar a echinoderm?
Yes sand dollar is an echinoderm.
Does a sand dollar have eyes?
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Is the sand dollar an echinoderm?
Horizontial or vertical, depending on where you cut it.
Is sand dollar a flower?
Sand dollar is not a flower. Sand dollar is a flat living marine creature. They are closely related to star fishes.
Is sand dollar a mammal?
No, a sand dollar is a invertebrate belonging to the order Clypeasteroida.
