Scotoplana Globosa Small 320×203 Medium 640×406 Large 1024×650 Download Tiff Original 2400×1523 | (3.1 MB) Description Scotoplanes live on or just underneath the surface of the bottom of the ocean, on the abyssal plain. They look and act a bit slug-like. They feed on the mud of the sea floor, benefiting from the organic materials that settle to the ocean bottom. Keywords ocean sea creatures, sea-urchin, starfish echinodermata Galleries Sea Urchins and Sea Stars Source: Hazlitt Alva Cuppy PH.D., Editor Beauties and Wonders of Land and Sea (Springfield, OH: Mast, Crowell & Kirkpatrick, 1895)
