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* There is already an article named Mellita quinquiesperforata in the mainspace. * There is already an article named Clypeaster rosaceus in the mainspace.

Mellita quinquiesperforata
A live individual of Mellita quinquiesperforata from the Pacific coast of Costa Rica
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukarya
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Subclass:	Euechinoidea
Superorder:	Gnathostomata
Order:	Clypeasteroida
Family:	Mellitidae
Genus:	Mellita
Species:	Rosaceus
Binomial name
Mellita quinquiesperforata (Linnaeus, 1758)

Mellita quinquiesperforata (Leske, 1778) is a tropical species of sand dollar, a flat, round marine animal related to sea urchins, sea stars, and other echinoderms.

Underside of the same live Mellita quinquiesperforata shown at the top of the article

• Page on the Sea Biscuit http://echinoderms.lifedesks.org/pages/1180
• Another page with similar information http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=367962
• Smithsonian Tropical Research http://biogeodb.stri.si.edu/bocas_database/search/species/1138
• LigerCat page http://ligercat.ubio.org/eol/597567
• paper describing the forces on aristotles lantern

http://www.bowdoin.edu/faculty/a/ajohnson/pdfs/EllersTelfordJawForcesJEB1991.pdf

• youtube video of the sea biscuit http://deepbluehome.blogspot.com/2010/04/secret-life-of-sea-biscuits.html

References

Category:Echinoidea