Brissopsis luzonicus (Gray, 1851) 
AphiaID: 213572

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Echinodermata (Phylum) > Echinozoa (Subphylum) > Echinoidea (Class) > Euechinoidea (Subclass) > Irregularia (Infraclass) > Atelostomata (Superorder) > Spatangoida (Order) > Brissidina (Suborder) > Brissidae (Family) > Brissopsinae (Subfamily) > Brissopsis (Genus)

Status		unaccepted (incorrect declination of species name)
Record status		Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Accepted name		Brissopsis luzonica (Gray, 1851)
Rank		Species
Parent		Brissopsis L. Agassiz, in Agassiz & Desor, 1847
Source		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]
Environment		marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Distribution		East Africa [details] Eastern Africa & Madagascar [details] Red Sea [details]
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Attribute		Functional group: benthos (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: adult Functional group: plankton (inherited from Echinodermata)   » Stage: larva
Notes		Description: Also distributed in W India, Pakistan, Maldive area, Bay of Bengal, East Indies, north Australia, Philippine, China, south Japan, South Pacific Is. and Hawaiian Is. (Clark & Rowe, 1971); Australia (Rowe & Gates, 1995). Ecology: benthic, inshore, continental shelf, continental slope, deposit feeder. General distribution: tropical, Indo-Pacific Ocean. Depth range 10-1000 (?2000) m. (Rowe & Gates, 1995). [details] Remark: Syntypes whereabouts undetermined. Type locality: Isle of Luzon, Philippines (Rowe & Gates, 1995).The holotype cannot now be traced in the British Museum collections (Clark & Rowe, 1971) B. luzonica in Clark & Rowe (1971). [details]
LSID		urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:213572
Taxonomic Edit history		Date    action    by 1997-02-03 23:00:00Z   created   Vanden Berghe, Edward 2000-09-22 07:17:05Z   changed   Garcia, Maria 2011-05-06 21:18:40Z   changed   Kroh, Andreas
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		Citation: Kroh, A. (2013). Brissopsis luzonicus (Gray, 1851). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database. Accessed through: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2013) World Echinoidea Database at http://www.marinespecies.org/echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=213572 on 2013-05-25