Galapagos Species Database

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Mellitella stokesii (L. Agassiz, 1841)

Dolar de arena, Sand dollar

Depth: intertidal to 49 m

Taxonomy

Domain
Eukaryota

Kingdom
Animalia

Phylum
Echinodermata

Class
Echinoidea

Order
Echinolampadacea

Suborder
Scutelloida

Superfamily
Scutelloidea

Family
Mellitidae

Genus
Mellitella

Species
stokesii

Taxon category: Accepted

Syn.: Echinoglycus stokesii (L. Agassiz, 1841) (transferred to Mellitella) Encope (Mellitella) stokesii L. Agassiz, 1841 (transferred to Mellitella) Encope stokesii L. Agassiz, 1841 (transferred to Mellitella) Mellita stokesii (L. Agassiz, 1841) (transferred to Mellitella) Mellitella stokesi (misspelling), fide Horton et al. (2021)

Origin: Native

Distribution

Distribution: Mexico to Ecuador in Gulf of Guayaquil and Galapagos Islands, Costa Rica and Peru

References

  • 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.
  • 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, Mellitella stokesii", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=8586. Accessed 5 June 2026.