Brisaster latifrons
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| Brisaster latifrons | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Family: | Schizasteridae |
| Genus: | Brisaster |
| Species: | B. latifrons |
| Binomial name | |
| Brisaster latifrons (Agassiz, 1898) | |
Brisaster latifrons is a species of sea urchins of the family Schizasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brisaster latifrons was first scientifically described in 1898 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.[2]
They serve as hosts for the commensal epibiont Waldo arthuri, a galeommatid clam.[3]
