Deep-Sea name details
Schizaster (Brisaster) latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898
569633 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:569633)
unaccepted (transferred to Brisaster)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [details]
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Schizaster (Brisaster) latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569633 on 2026-02-06
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Schizaster (Brisaster) latifrons A. Agassiz, 1898. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=569633 on 2026-02-06
original description
Agassiz, A. (1898). Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galápagos, to the the west coast of México, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission Streamer "Albatross", during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z. L. Tanner, U.S.N., Commanding. XXIII. Preliminary report on the Echini. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology.</em> 32, 71-86., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30426278#page/185/mode/1up
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 289-291 [details]
page(s): 81; pl. 11: figs 2-3 [details]
basis of record Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
page(s): 289-291 [details]
Syntype MCZ 2951, geounit Gulf of California [details]
