WoRMS name details
Brissidea Stockley, Smith, Littlewood, Lessios & MacKenzie-Dodds, 2005
738180 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:738180)
unaccepted (accepted at suborder rank)
Superfamily
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Stockley, B.; Smith, A. B.; Littlewood, T.; Lessios, H. A.; Mackenzie-dodds, J. A. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships of spatangoid sea urchins (Echinoidea): taxon sampling density and congruence between morphological and molecular estimates. <i>Zool Scripta</i>. 34(5): 447-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00201.x
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Taxonomy This clade was established as Superfamily Brissidea by Stockley et al. (2005) but following Kroh & Smith (2010) is treated...
Taxonomy This clade was established as Superfamily Brissidea by Stockley et al. (2005) but following Kroh & Smith (2010) is treated here at suborder rank in order to better represent the order of nested clades within Spatangoida (otherwise there would be a conflict in rank with the Superfamily Spatangidea which is included within Brissidea). [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2023). World Echinoidea Database. Brissidea Stockley, Smith, Littlewood, Lessios & MacKenzie-Dodds, 2005. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=738180 on 2023-09-23
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Stockley, B.; Smith, A. B.; Littlewood, T.; Lessios, H. A.; Mackenzie-dodds, J. A. (2005). Phylogenetic relationships of spatangoid sea urchins (Echinoidea): taxon sampling density and congruence between morphological and molecular estimates. <i>Zool Scripta</i>. 34(5): 447-468., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1463-6409.2005.00201.x
page(s): 458 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 458 [details] Available for editors

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Taxonomy This clade was established as Superfamily Brissidea by Stockley et al. (2005) but following Kroh & Smith (2010) is treated here at suborder rank in order to better represent the order of nested clades within Spatangoida (otherwise there would be a conflict in rank with the Superfamily Spatangidea which is included within Brissidea). [details]