Download (3398Kb) - ePrints Soton - University of Southampton
Download (3398Kb) - ePrints Soton - University of Southampton
Download (3398Kb) - ePrints Soton - University of Southampton
You also want an ePaper? Increase the reach of your titles
YUMPU automatically turns print PDFs into web optimized ePapers that Google loves.
Fig. 4.8. Non-metric multi-dimensional scaling plots for data based on the Bray-<br />
Curtis similarity matrix.<br />
Cluster B includes two members <strong>of</strong> the family Benthopectinidae (Pontaster<br />
tenuispinus (Düben and Koren) and Pectinaster filholi Perrier) and all the species<br />
from the families Astropectinidae, Solasteridae, Zoroasteridae, Asteridae and<br />
Freyellidae. In general all the members <strong>of</strong> the family Porcellanasteriade were<br />
clustered in this group apart from Porcellanaster ceruleus Wyville Thomson, which<br />
was considered different from the other species in being, uniquely, a very small-sized<br />
species.<br />
Cluster C includes four species which have small adult size with the length <strong>of</strong><br />
the major radius ranging from 75 to 165 mm, a very large egg size with diameters<br />
ranging from 950 to 1644 µm, and High Gonad Index, which values range from 7.9 to<br />
10.6. This cluster includes one species from the family Benthopectinidae<br />
(Benthopecten simplex (Perrier)), and one species from the family Pterasteridae<br />
80