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Brissopsis alta Mortensen, 1907

Brissopsis alta aboral
Brissopsis alta aboral

422509  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:422509)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Echinodermata (Phylum)
  4. Echinozoa (Subphylum)
  5. Echinoidea (Class)
  6. Euechinoidea (Subclass)
  7. Irregularia (Infraclass)
  8. Atelostomata (Subterclass)
  9. Spatangoida (Order)
  10. Brissidina (Suborder)
  11. Brissidae (Family)
  12. Brissopsinae (Subfamily)
  13. Brissopsis (Genus)
  14. Brissopsis alta (Species)
accepted
Species
Brissoma altum (Mortensen, 1907) · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Mortensen, T. (1907). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea. pt. 2. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 200 pp., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/danishingolfexpe42danirich#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 159-160; pl. 3: figs 5, 8- 9, 13, 16, pl. 18: figs 4, 11, 22, 27, 29, pl: 19: figs 7, 24, 26-27 [details] 
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Brissopsis alta Mortensen, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=422509 on 2025-07-14
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2009-10-06 12:38:14Z
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Nomenclature

original description Mortensen, T. (1907). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea. pt. 2. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 200 pp., available online at http://www.archive.org/stream/danishingolfexpe42danirich#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 159-160; pl. 3: figs 5, 8- 9, 13, 16, pl. 18: figs 4, 11, 22, 27, 29, pl: 19: figs 7, 24, 26-27 [details] 

basis of record Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details] 

Other

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source 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): 390-392 [details] 

 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

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To Barcode of Life (1 barcode) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brissopsis alta USNM E10704 - Dorsal) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (Brissopsis alta USNM E10704 - Lateral) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (47 records) 
To ITIS
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