Echinoidea name details
Eobrissus townsendi Bell, 1904
569054 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569054)
unaccepted (transferred to Metalia)
Species
Eobrissus Bell, 1904 accepted as Metalia Gray, 1855
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bell, F. J. (1904). Description of a new Genus of Spatangoids. <i>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist</i>. (7). XIII, p. 236-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108322
page(s): 236 [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2021). World Echinoidea Database. Eobrissus townsendi Bell, 1904. Accessed at: http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569054 on 2025-05-14
original description
Bell, F. J. (1904). Description of a new Genus of Spatangoids. <i>Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist</i>. (7). XIII, p. 236-237., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16108322
page(s): 236 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 545-546 [details]
page(s): 236 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 545-546 [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype MCZ 4762, geounit Omani Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
