Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Clypeaster ochrus
bizcocho de mar ocre, Sand dollars
Burried or found in sandy botoms,excavate the soil to feed on tiny organismic, Depth: shore to 91 m, extendend to 162 m by museum records.
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Echinodermata
Class
Echinoidea
Order
Clypeasteroida
Suborder
Clypeasterina
Family
Clypeasteridae
Genus
Clypeaster
Species
ochrus
Taxon category: Accepted
Syn.: Clypeaster (Stolonoclypus) ochrus H.L. Clark, 1914 (subgeneric subdivision of Clypeaster not accepted by scientific community), fide Horton et al. (2021)
Origin: Native
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Mexico, Gulf of California, Costa Rica, Panama, Revillagigedos, Cocos to Ecuador in Santa Elena and Galapagos Islands
- Appeltans, W. Bouchet, P., Boxshall, G.A., Fauchald, K., Gordon, D.P., Hoeksema, B.W., Poore, G.C.B., van Soest, R.W.M., Stöhr, S., Walter, T.C., Costello, M.J. (eds.) (2010) World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS). Available online at http://www.marinespecies.org.
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. (1998) A Field Guide to Sea Stars and other Echinoderms of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia, 83 pp.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- Maluf, L.Y. (1991) Echinoderm Fauna of the Galápagos Islands. In: James, M.J. (ed.): Galápagos Marine Invertebrates. Taxonomy, Biogeography, and Evolution in Darwin's Islands. Plenum Press, New York and London, p. 345-367.
- Sonnenholzner, J. Brand, M., Francisco, V., Hearn, A., Luzuriaga, M., Guarderas, P & Navarro, J. (2013) Echinoderms of Ecuador. In: Alvarado, J & Solís-Marín, A. (eds.) (2013) Echinoderm research and Diversity in Latin America. 183-233 pp.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Clypeaster ochrus", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8580. Accessed 3 November 2026.