Sea Daisy
X. janetae
X. medusiformis
X. turnerae
Sea daisies (infraclass Concentricycloidea; order Peripoda) make up an unusual group of deep-sea taxa belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, with three species described in the genus Xyloplax.
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