Genus Brissopsis L. Agassiz, 1840

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Genus Brissopsis L. Agassiz, 1840

Brissopsis Agassiz, L. 1840. Catalogus Ectyporum Echinodermatum Fossilium Musei Neocomensis. 20 pp. [5].
Secondary source:
Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (2). Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata II, Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosmidae, Schizasteridae, Brissidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 593 pp. 286 figs 64 pls. [373].
Brissopsis Agassiz, L. in Agassiz, L. & Desor, E. 1847. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres et des familles d'Echinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie 3 8: 5-35 [pl. 16 from Vol. 6] [14].
Type species:
Brissus lyrifer Forbes, 1841 by subsequent designation, see Desor, E. 1858. Synopsis des Echinides fossiles. 494 pp. 44 pls. [378].
Secondary source:
Mortensen, T. 1951. A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V (2). Spatangoida. II. Amphisternata II, Spatangidae, Loveniidae, Pericosmidae, Schizasteridae, Brissidae. Copenhagen : C.A. Reitzel 593 pp. 286 figs 64 pls. [373-374].
Kleinia Gray, J.E. 1851. Descriptions of new genera and species of Spatangidae in the British Museum. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 2 7(13): 130-134 [133].
Type species:
Kleinia luzonica Gray, 1851 by monotypy.
Toxobrissus Desor, E. 1858. Synopsis des Echinides fossiles. 494 pp. 44 pls. [399].
Type species:
Brissopsis elegans L. Agassiz, 1847 by monotypy.
Brissoma Pomel, A. 1887. Paléontologie de l'Algerié. Zoophytes No. 2 Echinodermes Pt. 1. Paris : Publisher unknown 344 pp. [pls (in 1883 volume)] [41].
Type species:
Brissopsis duciei Wright, 1855 by original designation.
Zeugaster Lambert, J. 1907. Description des Echinides fossiles de la Province de Barcelone II. Mémoires de la Société Géologique de France. Paléontologie 14: 59-128 pls 5-9 [106].
Type species:
Brissopsis lamberti Gauthier, 1900 by original designation.

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

Fischer, A.G. 1966. Echinozoa: Spatangoids. pp. U543-U628, figs 427-514 in Moore, R.C. (ed.). Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Part U. Echinodermata. 3. Asterozoa-Echinozoa. Kansas : Geological Society of America and University of Kansas Press Vol. 2. [U584]

Distribution

States

New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IMCRA

Tasmania Province (10), Southeast Transition (11), Central Eastern Province (12), Tasman Basin Province (13), Northwest Shelf Province (27), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38), Central Eastern Shelf Transition (39), Northeast Shelf Province (40), Northeast Shelf Transition (41)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Afrotropical Region

Australian Region

Australia
- 200 m bathymetric: Great Barrier Reef, Lower E coast, NE coast, NW coast
- 200 mile fishing zone: SE oceanic
Tasman Sea

Oriental Region

West Pacific Ocean

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
15-Sep-2023		02-Sep-2014	MODIFIED
		12-Feb-2010	(import)

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