Sea daisies | |
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Xyloplax janetae | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Echinodermata |
Class: | Asteroidea |
Infraclass: | Concentricycloidea Baker, Rowe & Clark, 1986 |
Order: | Peripodida Baker, Rowe & Clark, 1986 |
Family: | Xyloplacidae Baker, Rowe & Clark, 1986 |
Genus: | Xyloplax Baker, Rowe & Clark, 1986 |
Species | |
Sea daisies (infraclass Concentricycloidea; order Peripodida) make up an unusual group of deep-sea taxa belonging to the phylum Echinodermata, with three species described in the genus Xyloplax. Intestine and anus are absent.