WoRMS taxon details
Brissopsis L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
AphiaID: 123418
AphiaID: 123418
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidina (Suborder) > Brissidae (Family) > Brissopsinae (Subfamily) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Genus | |||||||||||||
| Typetaxon | Brissus lyrifer Forbes, 1841 | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Brissopsinae Lambert, 1905 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Brissiopsis (misspelling) Brissoma Pomel, 1888 (subjective junior synonym) Bryssopsis † (misspelling) Toxobrissus Desor, 1858 (subjective junior synonym) Toxobryssus Meissner, 1903 (nomen vanum for Toxobrissus) Zeugaster Lambert, 1907 (junior subjective synonym) | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351 (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record: Rowe, F.W.E & Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In ‘Zoological Catalogue of Australia’. 33 (Ed A. Wells.) pp xiii + 510 (CSIRO Australia, Melbourne.) [details] additional source: North East Atlantic Taxa (look up in IMIS) [details] basis of record (from synonym): Tate, R. 1885. Notes on the physical and geological features of the basin of the lower Murray River. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia 7, 24-46. page(s): 41 [details] [view taxon] additional source (from synonym): Smith, A. B. & Kroh, A. (editor) 2011. The Echinoid Directory. World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory, available online at http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/projects/echinoid-directory [details] [view taxon] basis of record (from synonym): Meissner, M. 1904. Echinoderma (Stachelhäuter). In: H.G. Bronn , Die Klassen und Ordnungen des Thier-Reichs. G. Systematik. Vol. 2, Pt. 3., pp. 1321-1413. Leipzig. page(s): 1343 [details] [view taxon] | |||||||||||||
| Direct child taxa [show all] | Species Brissopsis alta Mortensen, 1907 Species Brissopsis atlantica Mortensen, 1907 Species Brissopsis bengalensis Koehler, 1914 Species Brissopsis caparti Cherbonnier, 1959 Species Brissopsis columbaris A. Agassiz, 1898 Species Brissopsis elongata Mortensen, 1907 Species Brissopsis evanescens Mortensen, 1950 Species Brissopsis jarlii Mortensen, 1951 Species Brissopsis luzonica (Gray, 1851) Species Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) Species Brissopsis micropetala Mortensen, 1948 Species Brissopsis obliqua Mortensen, 1948 Species Brissopsis oldhami Alcock, 1893 Species Brissopsis pacifica (A. Agassiz, 1898) Species Brissopsis paralella Koehler, 1914 Species Brissopsis similis Mortensen, 1948 Species Brissopsis zealandiae Mortensen, 1921 Species Brissopsis australis (Philippi, 1845) accepted as Abatus cavernosus (Philippi, 1845) Species Brissopsis cavernosus (Philippi, 1845) accepted as Abatus cavernosus (Philippi, 1845) Species Brissopsis duplex Koehler, 1914 accepted as Brissopsis luzonica (Gray, 1851) Species Brissopsis le monnieri Koehler, 1913 accepted as Brissopsis luzonica (Gray, 1851) Species Brissopsis lemonnieri Koehler, 1913 accepted as Brissopsis luzonica (Gray, 1851) Species Brissopsis luzonicus (Gray, 1851) accepted as Brissopsis luzonica (Gray, 1851) Species Brissopsis lyrifer (Forbes, 1841) accepted as Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) Species Brissopsis parma Val., 18?? accepted as Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) Species Brissopsis persica Mortensen, 1940 accepted as Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940) Species Brissopsis philippii (Gray, 1851) accepted as Tripylaster philippii (Gray, 1851) Species Brissopsis pulvinatus (Düben & Koren, 1844) accepted as Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841) | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent + fossil | |||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
deposit feeder: subsurface [details]
grazer [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Echinoid Directory To GenBank To ITIS | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Remark: Type species: Brissus lyrifer Forbes, 1841 by subsequent designation in E. Desor (1858) (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:123418 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Kroh, A.; Hansson, H. (2013). Brissopsis L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847. In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=123418 on 2013-06-19 | ||||||||||||||
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