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Gonad index<br />

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0 1000 2000 3000 4000 5000 6000<br />

Depth (m)<br />

Fig. 4.6. Gonad Index <strong>of</strong> the asteroid community in PSB and PAP plotted against<br />

depth.<br />

In this cluster is found one species from the family Porcellanasteridae<br />

(Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson), one species from the family<br />

Benthopectinidae (Cheiraster sepitus Verrill) and species from the genus Pteraster.<br />

All the members <strong>of</strong> the family Goniasteridae analyzed in this study were clustered in<br />

this group, the same result was observed in the families Poranidae, Brisingidae and<br />

Echinasteridae.<br />

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