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Family: Brissidae



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32 species (see list below)
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Anametalia sternaloides
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Brissopsis alta
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Photo by Tiralongo, Francesco

Western Atlantic and the

Brissopsis atlantica Mortensen, 1907

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Brissopsis atlantica
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Brissopsis elongata
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Brissopsis luzonica
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Brissopsis lyrifera
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Brissopsis mediterranea
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Brissopsis odhami
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Brissopsis oldhami
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Brissopsis pacifica
[Pacific heart urchin]
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Brissopsis similis
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Brissopsis zealandiae
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Brissus agassizii
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Brissus brissus
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Brissus gigas
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Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Brissus latecarinatus
[Keeled heart urchin]
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Brissus unicolor
[Big white heart urchin]
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Eupatagus magnus
[]

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.

Western Central Atlantic

Meoma ventricosa (Lamarck, 1816)

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Meoma ventricosa
[Red heart urchin]
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Metalia angustus
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Metalia dicrana
[Heart urchin]
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Metalia kermadecensis
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Metalia persica
[]

Photo by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Metalia spatagus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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Metalia spatagus
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Metalia sternalis
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Metalia townsendi
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Plagiobrissus costai
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Plagiobrissus grandis
[Giant heart urchin]
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Rhabdobrissus pacificus
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Rhynobrissus hemiasteroides
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Rhynobrissus pyramidalis
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Rhynobrissus tumulus
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Scientific Name English Name Distribution Max. Length (cm) Year
Anametalia sternaloides Western Central Pacific 1874
Brissopsis alta Western Central Atlantic. 1907
Brissopsis atlantica Western Atlantic and the 1907
Brissopsis elongata Western Central Atlantic. 1907
Brissopsis luzonica Western Pacific. Tropica 1851
Brissopsis lyrifera Northeast Atlantic and th
Brissopsis mediterranea Western Atlantic
Brissopsis odhami Western Central Pacific 1893
Brissopsis oldhami Western Central Pacific 1893
Brissopsis pacifica Pacific heart urchin Eastern Pacific. 1898
Brissopsis similis Western Central Pacific 1948
Brissopsis zealandiae Southwest Pacific 1921
Brissus agassizii Pacific Ocean. 1885
Brissus brissus Western Central Atlantic 1778
Brissus gigas Southwest Pacific 1947
Brissus latecarinatus Keeled heart urchin Widely distributed in Ind 13 TL 1778
Brissus unicolor Big white heart urchin Atlantic and the Mediterr 1778
Eupatagus magnus Western Central Pacific 1907
Meoma ventricosa Red heart urchin Western Central Atlantic 1816
Metalia angustus Western Central Pacific 1984
Metalia dicrana Heart urchin Western Pacific 5 TL 1917
Metalia kermadecensis Southwest Pacific 1990
Metalia persica Western Indian Ocean 1940
Metalia spatagus Indo-Pacific 10 TL 1758
Metalia sternalis Indo-West Pacific. 1816
Metalia townsendi Western Indian Ocean 1904
Plagiobrissus costai Atlantic and the Mediterr 1876
Plagiobrissus grandis Giant heart urchin Eastern Pacific and Weste 1788
Rhabdobrissus pacificus Eastern Pacific. 1940
Rhynobrissus hemiasteroides Eastern Indian Ocean 1879
Rhynobrissus pyramidalis Western Pacific 1872
Rhynobrissus tumulus Eastern Indian Ocean 1982



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