Brissopsis lyrifera

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Brissopsis lyrifera
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Brissopsis lyrifera fossil [1]
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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. [2] This species of sea urchin is a nonselective, infaunal deposit feeder. [3]

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.


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