All Species
32 Species in Family Brissidae
Nominal species list for Brissidae
Scientific Name Author English Name
Rhynobrissus pyramidalis Agassiz, 1872
Rhynobrissus tumulus McNamara, 1982
Rhynobrissus hemiasteroides Agassiz, 1879
Rhabdobrissus pacificus Clark, 1940
Plagiobrissus grandis (Gmelin, 1788) Giant heart urchin
Plagiobrissus costai (Gasco, 1876)
Metalia townsendi (Bell, 1904)
Metalia sternalis (Lamarck, 1816)
Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758)
Metalia persica (Mortensen, 1940)
Metalia kermadecensis Baker & Rowe, 1990
Metalia dicrana Clark, 1917 Heart urchin
Metalia angustus de Ridder, 1984
Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816) Red heart urchin
Eupatagus magnus (Agassiz & Clark, 1907)
Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778) Big white heart urchin
Brissus latecarinatus (Leske, 1778) Keeled heart urchin
Brissus gigas Fell, 1947
Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778)
Brissus agassizii Döderlein, 1885
Brissopsis similis Mortensen, 1948
Brissopsis zealandiae Mortensen, 1921
Brissopsis oldhami Alcock, 1893
Brissopsis pacifica (Agassiz, 1898) Pacific heart urchin
Brissopsis mediterranea unspecified
Brissopsis odhami Alcock, 1893
Brissopsis lyrifera unspecified
Brissopsis luzonica (Gray, 1851)
Brissopsis elongata Mortensen, 1907
Brissopsis atlantica Mortensen, 1907
Brissopsis alta Mortensen, 1907
Anametalia sternaloides (Bolau, 1874)
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