sand dollar
English
A sand dollar, Mellita quinquiesperforata
Noun
sand dollar (plural sand dollars)
- Any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida, having a flat, disk-shaped body with the mouth in a mid-ventral position, and living in sand, on or near the surface.
- 1987, John M. Lawrence, chapter I, in A Functional Biology of Echinoderms, page 75:
- In the sand dollars, the arrangement of the food grooves and consequently the lateral water vessels and their accessory tube feet is more complex (Phelan 1977).
- 2000, Sandra Alters, chapter I, in Biology: Understanding Life, page 692:
- Adult echinoderms have a five-part body plan corresponding to the arms of a sea star or the design on the "shell" of a sand dollar.
- 2001, Jennifer Hahn, Spirited Waters: Soloing South Through the Inside Passage, 2009, page 135,
- If you look carefully, a sand dollar is merely a sea urchin in flattened form.
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Synonyms
- (any species of Clypeasteroida): clypeasteroid
Translations
any echinoderm of the order Clypeasteroida
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