Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Superorder Atelostomata > Order Spatangoida > Suborder Paleopneustina > Family Schizasteridae > Genus Brisaster

Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brisaster*	Gray, 1855	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Brissus fragilis*	Düben & Koren, 1844	synonym
*Schizaster fragilis*	(Düben & Koren, 1844)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Bokmål (Norwegian): dypvannssjømus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian: dypvannssjømus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Bokmål: dypvannssjømus sources: Scand. Echinodermata: 280

Norwegian Nynorsk: djupvassjømus sources: Scand. Echinodermata: 280

Nynorsk (Norwegian): djupvassjømus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lervecksjöborre

Literature

basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 336-351
additional source	Brunel, P., Bosse, L. & Lamarche, G. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 p.
additional source	ITIS database
additional source	Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, pp. 593. C. A. Reitzel; Copenhagen.
additional source	Dyntaxa (2013) Swedish Taxonomic Database. Accessed at www.dyntaxa.se [15-01-2013].

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection
GenBank (3 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
Barcode of Life (1 barcode)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications)
GBIF

Citation

Kroh, A. (2014). Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren, 1844). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2014) World Echinoidea Database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124404