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