Sea Daisy

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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