''Anabrissus damesi'' is a species of
sea urchin
Sea urchins () are spiny, globular echinoderms in the class Echinoidea. About 950 species of sea urchin live on the seabed of every ocean and inhabit every depth zone from the intertidal seashore down to . The spherical, hard shells (tests) of ...
of the family
Brissidae
Brissidae is a family of echinoderms belonging to the order Spatangoida
The heart urchins or Spatangoida are an order of sea urchins.
Their body is a somewhat elongated oval in form, and is distinguished by the mouth being placed towards on ...
. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus
Anabrissus and lives in the sea. Anabrissus damesi was first scientifically described in 1881 by
Alexander Agassiz
Alexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer.
Biography
Agassiz was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland and immigrated to ...
, American scientist and engineer.
[Kroh, A. (2010). ''Anabrissus damesi'' (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1881). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010]
World Echinoidea Database
at the World Register of Marine Species.
See also
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Amphipneustes similis
''Amphipneustes similis'' is a species of sea urchin of the family Temnopleuridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Amphipneustes and lives in the sea. Amphipneustes similis was first scientifically described in 1936 ...
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( Mortensen, 1936)
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Amphipneustes tumescens
''Amphipneustes tumescens'' is a species of sea urchin of the family Temnopleuridae. Their armour is covered with spines. It is placed in the genus Amphipneustes and lives in the sea. Amphipneustes tumescens was first scientifically described in ...
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(Koehler, 1926)
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Anametalia grandis''
( Mortensen, 1950)
References
Brissidae
Animals described in 1881
Taxa named by Alexander Agassiz
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