In eastern Canada, the common sand dollar (Echinarachnius parma) forms dense groups called beds that occur from shallow intertidal waters out to the offshore continental shelves (Figure 17). Contrary to their name, sand dollars are found in a range of sediment types, from coarse gravelly sand to fine silt.

Sand dollars can represent many things spiritually including choosing your own path, strength, flexibility, and freedom. Choosing your own path- sand dollars represent freedom and the ability to walk away from environments or people that are no longer working for you.

How Much Is a Sand Dollar Worth? Because sand dollars are so prolific, they are very common. The cost of a live sand dollar for an aquarium might run between five and fifteen dollars. You can pick up a sand dollar skeleton at many local beach souvenir shops from anywhere from a dollar to five dollars.

Take dead sand dollars, yes. Live ones, absolutely not. It's illegal in many states to collect living sand dollars for the express purpose of drying them out and using them as decoration, and it's just plain cruel no matter what the law says.