4. They Have Many Nicknames In the U.S., the common name for the Echinarachnius parma species is "eccentric sand dollar," or simply "sand dollar" for short. The name derives from the animal's ...

“You’re trying to minimize drag. That’s what sand dollars have done.” And similar to a spoiler on a car, many species have specialized holes in their skeletons known as lunules, which help equalize ...

Larval cloning has been observed previously among echinoderms, which include about 7,000 species of sea creatures, including starfish, sea urchins and sand dollars. However, this is the first time ...

more common shallow-water species. They speculate that the “fertilization efficiency” would be low if males and females spawned separately and could not shack up on their host. Thus, the sand dollar ...

While the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission certifies records for many marine species, it does not track sand dollar records, according to Amanda Nalley, one of FWC’s public ...

Even though the keyhole urchin is more closely related to the common sand dollar than an urchin, they are not the same species. What people find on the beaches of Florida are not sand dollars.

They almost always only affect the newest generation of sand dollar and rarely include adults in large numbers.” She said it means there's "likely a natural boom-and-bust cycle of the species ...

Among paleontologists, the peculiar shape of the shell is a dead giveaway as to the species. The presence of the oysters and sand dollars so far from the present day coastline has helped ...

Sand dollars are a species of sea urchin covered in tube feet and spines that they use to move and eat. In rough waters they lie flat partially buried in the sand, but in calmer waters they stand ...

They almost always only affect the newest generation of sand dollar and rarely include adults in large numbers.” She said it means there's "likely a natural boom-and-bust cycle of the species ...