Brisaster latifrons
| Brisaster latifrons | |
|---|---|
| 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.[1]
They serve as hosts for the commensal epibiont Waldo arthuri, a galeommatid clam.[2]
See also
References
- ↑ Kroh, A. (2010). Brisaster latifrons (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1898). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
- ↑ Paul Valentich-Scott, Diarmaid Ó Foighil, & Jingchun Li (12 July 2013). "Where’s Waldo? A new commensal species, Waldo arthuri (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Galeommatidae), from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean". ZooKeys 316: 67–80. doi:10.3897/zookeys.316.4256. Retrieved July 21, 2013.
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