Brissopsis pacifica
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| Brissopsis pacifica | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Echinodermata |
| Class: | Echinoidea |
| Order: | Spatangoida |
| Family: | Brissidae |
| Genus: | Brissopsis |
| Species: | B. pacifica |
| Binomial name | |
| Brissopsis pacifica (Agassiz, 1898) | |
Brissopsis pacifica is a species of sea urchins of the family Brissidae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brissopsis pacifica was first scientifically described in 1898 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.[1]
