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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 />

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