Brissus gigas

Brissus gigas

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Brissidina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Echinodermata Subphylum: Eleutherozoa Superclassis: Cryptosyringida Classis: Echinoidea Subclassis: Euechinoidea Superordo: Atelostomata Ordo: Spatangoida Subordo: Brissidina

Familia: Brissidae
Genus: Brissus
Species: Brissus gigas

Name

• Brissus gigas Fell, 1947

Primary references

• Fell, H.B. 1947: A giant heart-urchin Brissus gigas n. sp. from New Zealand. Records of the Auckland Institute and Museum, 3(3): 145–150, plates 13-14. [Publication date: 28 November 1947]

References

• Baker, E.W. 1965. A review of the genera of the family Tydeidae (Acarina). In: Naegele J.A. (ed.) Advances in acarology 2. Ithaca (NY): Cornell University Press: 96–133. Reference page. 
• Baker, A.N. 1968: The echinoid fauna of north-eastern New Zealand. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand, zoology 11(1): 1–7, plate 1. Reference page. 
• Cameron, M.J. 2011: The largest recorded specimen of the giant heart urchin, Brissus gigas (Echinoidea: Brissidae) [short note]. Records of the Auckland Museum, 47: 89–92.