WoRMS taxon details
Brisaster capensis (Studer, 1880)
AphiaID: 216206
AphiaID: 216206
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Paleopneustina (Suborder) > Schizasteridae (Family) > Brisaster (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Brisaster Gray, 1855 | |||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Distefanaster capensis (Studer, 1880) (transferred to Brisaster) Schizaster capensis Studer, 1880 | |||||||||||||
| Sources |
basis of record: Clark, A.M. and J. Courtman-Stock. (1976). The echinoderms of southern Africa. Publ. No. 766. British Museum (Nat. Hist), London. 277 pp. [details] basis of record: Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, pp. 593. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen. page(s): 286-288 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | South Africa (country) [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| Note |
Type locality: Type locality: South of Cape of Good Hope, 34°S, 213 m. (Clark & Courtman-Stock, 1976). [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:216206 | |||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Edit history |
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| Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Brisaster capensis (Studer, 1880). 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=216206 on 2013-06-20 | ||||||||||||||
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