Xyloplax turnerae
| Xyloplax turnerae | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Asteroidea |
| Order: | Peripodida |
| Family: | Xyloplacidae |
| Genus: | Xyloplax |
| Species: | X. turnerae
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| Binomial name | |
| Xyloplax turnerae Rowe, Baker & Clark, 1988
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Xyloplax turnerae is a sea daisy, a member of an unusual group of marine taxa belonging to the phylum Echinodermata. It has been found living on decaying timber in a deep oceanic trench in the Bahamas.