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Sand Dollar

Aspect: Disc-shaped, about 1.5 cm thick at its centre and covered with short brown brush-like spines. Dead species are white-ish, hollow and extremely brittle.
Population: Common
Notable feature: Five teardrop-shaped bluges adorn the back
Environment: Sandy bottoms on which it creeps
Behaviour:  -
  • French designation: Dollar de sable
  • Latin designation: Clypeaster subdepressus
  • Creole designation: -
  • Latin family: Clipeasteroida
  • Size (cm): 8-10
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