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Brissopsis lyrifera

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Species of sea urchin

Brissopsis lyrifera
Brissopsis lyrifera fossil
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Brissidae
Genus: Brissopsis
Species: B. lyrifera
Binomial name
Brissopsis lyrifera
(Forbes, 1841)

Brissopsis lyrifera is a species of sea urchins of the family Brissidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It was first described by the British naturalist Edward Forbes in 1841. This species of sea urchin is a nonselective, infaunal deposit feeder.

References

  1. Brissopsis lyrifera (FORBES, 1841), MNHN.
  2. Kroh, A. (2010). Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
  3. Nichols, D. (1959). "Changes in the chalk heart-urchin Micraster Interpreted in relation to living forms". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 242 (693): 347–437. doi:10.1098/rstb.1959.0007. ISSN 2054-0280.
Taxon identifiers
Brissopsis lyrifera
Brissus lyrifer


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