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Brisaster kerguelenensis

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Brisaster kerguelenensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Echinoidea
Order: Spatangoida
Family: Schizasteridae
Genus: Brisaster
Species:
B. kerguelenensis
Binomial name
Brisaster kerguelenensis
Clark, 1917

Brisaster kerguelenensis is a species of sea urchins of the family Schizasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brisaster kerguelenensis was first scientifically described in 1917 by Hubert Lyman Clark.[1]

References

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  1. ^ Kroh, A. (2010). Brisaster kerguelenensis (Hubert Lyman Clark, 1917). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.