original description
Coppard, S. E. 2008. A comparative analysis of the spatangoid echinoid genera Brissopsis and Metalia: a new genus and species of spatangoid (Echinodermata: Echinoidea: Brissopsidae) from the Philippines and reassignment of Brissopsis persica to Metalia. Zootaxa 1760, 1-23.
page(s): 3-6; figs 1a-g, 2a-g, 9a-p [details]
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Type locality off Siquijor Island, Philippines (depth 200 m) [details]
Type material HT: BMNH 2008.618; PT: BMNH 2008.619 [details]
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