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Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Physical Characteristics, Behavior And Reproduction, Medusiform Sea Daisy (xyloplax Medusiformis): Species Account - GEOGRAPHIC RANGE, HABITAT, DIET, SEA DAISIES AND PEOPLE, CONSERVATION STATUS

MEDUSIFORM SEA DAISY (Xyloplax medusiformis): SPECIES ACCOUNT

Sea daisies live near New Zealand and the Bahamas.


HABITAT

Sea daisies live on sunken wood in water deeper than 3,280 feet (1,000 meters).


DIET

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 AND PEOPLE

Sea daisies have no known importance to people.


CONSERVATION STATUS

Sea daisies are not considered threatened or endangered.

Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Physical Characteristics

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