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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

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MEDUSIFORM SEA DAISY (Xyloplax medusiformis): SPECIES ACCOUNT

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.

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Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Physical Characteristics

Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Behavior And Reproduction

Sea Daisies: Concentricycloidea - Medusiform Sea Daisy (xyloplax Medusiformis): Species Account

Physical characteristics: Medusiform (mih-DOO-seh-form) sea daisies are circular and slightly inflated. The body is 0.4 inches (9 millimeters) across, including the spines around the rim. The spines are all one length: 0.002 to 0.003 inches (40 to 75 micrometers). The mouth frame has ten to thirty bones. Medusiform sea daisies do not have a stomach. Instead there is a thin, flexible sheet on the b…

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