''Xyloplax janetae'' is a ''
Xyloplax
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.
Distribution
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'' of the family
Xyloplacidae. It lives on the surface of wood sunken to abyssal depths.
Morphology
''Xyloplax janetae'' is a flattened disk, from in diameter, and about thick. It has adambulacral spines which are spines that project radially from the margin of the animal, of distinct morphology. On its dorsal (