WoRMS taxon details
Brisaster latifrons (A. Agassiz, 1898)
513143 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:513143)
accepted
Species
Opissaster latifrons (A. Agassiz, 1898) · unaccepted (transferred to Brisaster)
Schizaster (Brisaster) latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898 · unaccepted (transferred to Brisaster)
Schizaster latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898 · unaccepted (transferred to Brisaster)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Schizaster (Brisaster) latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [details]
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Brisaster latifrons (A. Agassiz, 1898). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=513143 on 2025-05-20
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Schizaster (Brisaster) latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898) Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [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): 289-291 [details]
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [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): 289-291 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
biology source Plante, C. & Jumars, P. (1992). The microbial environment of marine deposit-feeder guts characterized via microelectrodes. <em>Microbial Ecology.</em> 23(3): 257-277., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00164100
note: gut content oxygen concentration, PH level and Eh level [details]
biology source Plante, C. & Jumars, P. (1992). The microbial environment of marine deposit-feeder guts characterized via microelectrodes. <em>Microbial Ecology.</em> 23(3): 257-277., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00164100
note: gut content oxygen concentration, PH level and Eh level [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Syntype (of Schizaster (Brisaster) latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898) MCZ 2951, geounit Gulf of California [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | wide heart sea urchin | [details] |
| French | oursin à front large | [details] |
| Japanese | キツネブンブク | [details] |
| Russian | Бризастер широколобый | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Schizaster latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brisaster latifrons)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (113 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (13 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (15 publications) (from synonym Schizaster latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brisaster latifrons)
To GenBank (8 nucleotides; 6 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (113 records)
To ITIS
