Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea
Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Medusiform Sea Daisy (xyloplax Medusiformis): Species AccountGEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, SEA DAISIES AND PEOPLE, CONSERVATION STATUS
Sea daisies live near New Zealand and the Bahamas.
Sea daisies live on sunken wood in water deeper than 3,280 feet (1,000 meters).
Sea daisies eat bacteria, dissolved nutrients on sunken wood, waste, and possibly microscopic mollusks. Mollusks (MAH-lusks) are animals with a soft, unsegmented body that may or may not have a shell.
Sea daisies have no known importance to people.
Sea daisies are not considered threatened or endangered.
Additional topics
- Brittle and Basket Stars: Ophiuroidea - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Dwarf Brittle Star (amphipholis Squamata): Species Accounts, Tropical Brittle Star (ophiactis Savignyi): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, BASKE
- Sea Stars: Asteroidea - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Sea Stars And People, Sand Star (astropecten Irregularis): Species Accounts - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, CONSERVATION STATUS
- Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Physical Characteristics
- Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Behavior And Reproduction
- Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Medusiform Sea Daisy (xyloplax Medusiformis): Species Account
- Other Free Encyclopedias
Animal Life ResourceJellyfish, Sponges, and Other Simple Animals