Brisaster townsendi

Brisaster townsendi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Schizasteridae
Genus: Brisaster
Species: B. townsendi
Binomial name
Brisaster townsendi
(Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1898)

Brisaster townsendi is a species of sea urchins of the Family Schizasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brisaster townsendi was first scientifically described in 1898 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.[1]

See also

References

  1. Kroh, A. (2010). Brisaster townsendi (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1898). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
External identifiers for Brisaster townsendi
Encyclopedia of Life 599043


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