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Sand Dollars
Sand dollars are a flat burrowing urchin. They are shaped much like a disc, and usually have a star shape on the top. Sand dollars are often found in beach side gift shops.
193 Questions
Is a sand dollar dollar a limestone?
Sand dollar is not a limestone. It is a living thing found in the sea. They are a kind of sea urchins which are round and flat. The flat portion is its bone which is called the test.
Sand dollars are not gastropods. Gastropods are charecterized by having a soft body with or without shell. Gastropods comes under phylum mollusca and sand dollars comes under phylum echinodermata.
What month do sand dollars mate?
They don't actually mate. They release their respective sperma and eggs. The breeding season is during November and september.
Sand dollars do not have much enemies, but there are some bottom feeders that threaten them like the ocean pouts and sunflower starfishes.
Is gold available in sea sand?
gold available in sea sand,.Extracting gold from offshore or from sea floor is more easy than from dry land.Good luck,go on and try.@hashim alkaff(gold minning)
Sand dollars eat tiny particles of food that float in the water, such as plankton.
It feeds off the bottom of the sea on plankton.
Who are the suppliers for Family Dollar?
Many suppliers provide products for the Family Dollar Corporation. Just about anything in the store comes either directly from the company of the product, an authorized distributer of the product or a manufacturer of Family Dollar brand products.
How does a sand dollar glorify God?
The 4 holes represent the nails that nailed Jesus to the cross and the 5th hole is the wound made by a Roman's spear. On one side is the Easter lily and in the center if the lily us the star that guided everyone to Jesus. On the other side is a Christmas pointsetta. If you break the sand dollar open 5 little doves come out and represent peace
What ocean was the sand dollar first discovered?
it was 1st discovered in the Caribbean gulf because it was protected area
What time period did sand dollars live in?
The first sand dollars formed during the period Paleocene. After that they diversified during the Eocene period.
When is the best time of year to find seashells?
The most variety of shells can be found late winter, early spring. late December through February.
Why some sand dollars don't have five slits?
They are different ages so that's hoe you know how old they are.
What animals eat sand dollars?
Sand dollars are non- living objects. They are merely rocks that are shaped by salt water and the elements. Who said they are alive?
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Everyone that knows about them says they are alive. Their diet is mainly crab larvae, plankton, and algae. Everything they eat is very tiny- close to microscopic.
Where would you find a sand dollar?
You can find Sand Dollars in warm clean ocean waters, inshore yards off the beach. The beach is usually near the opening of a river spilling into the ocean which make the waters nutrient rich. The water may be copper colored due to the river.
Is a scallop and sand dollar a cnidarian?
nope. sand dollar is an echinodermata. and scallop is a mollusc.
