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Echinoidea taxon details

Brissus gigas H.B. Fell, 1947

513156  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513156)

accepted
Species
Brissus (Brissus) gigas H.B. Fell, 1947 · alternative representation
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Fell, H. B. 1947. A Giant Heart-Urchin, Brissus gigas, n.sp.,from New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3, 145-150.
page(s): 145-150; figs 1-2, pl. 13: fig. 1, pl. 14: fig. 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
Distribution New Zealand  
Distribution New Zealand [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2024). World Echinoidea Database. Brissus gigas H.B. Fell, 1947. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Echinoidea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513156 on 2024-03-19
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2010-09-07 08:24:41Z
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original description Fell, H. B. 1947. A Giant Heart-Urchin, Brissus gigas, n.sp.,from New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum 3, 145-150.
page(s): 145-150; figs 1-2, pl. 13: fig. 1, pl. 14: fig. 1 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 

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): 518 [details]   

basis of record Kier, P. M. & Lawson, M. H. 1978. Index of living and fossil echinoids 1924-1970. Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 34, 1-182., available online at https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00810266.34.1
page(s): 111 [details]  Available for editors  PDF available 
 
 Present  Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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Distribution New Zealand [details]

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