Definition: The marine benthic biome (benthic meaning 'bottom') encompasses the seafloor and includes such areas as shores, littoral or intertidal areas, marine coral reefs, and the deep seabed.
Definition: Hard framework, internal or external, which supports and protects softer parts of plant, animal or unicellular organism, and to which muscles usually attach in animals, includes skeletons (derived from Lawrence, 2005).
Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Pistocythereis bradyi (Ishizaki 1968) Gou ex Gou, Zheng & Huang 1983. View this species on GBIF