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Gonad index<br />
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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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