Brisaster
Genus of sea urchins
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Brisaster is a genus of echinoderms belonging to the family Schizasteridae.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Family: | Schizasteridae |
| Genus: | Brisaster Gray, 1855 |
The genus has almost cosmopolitan distribution.[2]
Species:[1]
- Brisaster antarcticus (Döderlein, 1906)
- Brisaster capensis (Studer, 1880)
- Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren, 1844)
- Brisaster kerguelenensis H.L. Clark, 1917
- Brisaster latifrons (A. Agassiz, 1898)
- Brisaster moseleyi (A. Agassiz, 1881)
- Brisaster owstoni Mortensen, 1950
- Brisaster tasmanicus McKnight, 1974
- Brisaster townsendi (A. Agassiz, 1898)
