Brissopsis lyrifera

Brissopsis lyrifera
	Brissopsis lyrifera fossil[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Echinodermata
Class:	Echinoidea
Order:	Spatangoida
Family:	Brissidae
Genus:	Brissopsis
Species:	B. lyrifera
Binomial name
	Brissopsis lyrifera; (Forbes, 1841)

Brissopsis lyrifera is a species of sea urchins of the family Brissidae. Their armour is covered with spines. It was first described by the British naturalist Edward Forbes in 1841.[2] This species of sea urchin is a nonselective, infaunal deposit feeder.[3]

References

Brissopsis lyrifera (FORBES, 1841), MNHN.
Kroh, A. (2010). Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
Nichols, D. (1959). "Changes in the chalk heart-urchin Micraster Interpreted in relation to living forms". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 242 (693): 347–437. doi:10.1098/rstb.1959.0007. ISSN 2054-0280.

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[1] Brissopsis lyrifera (FORBES, 1841), MNHN.

[2] Kroh, A. (2010). Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.

[3] Nichols, D. (1959). "Changes in the chalk heart-urchin Micraster Interpreted in relation to living forms". Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences. 242 (693): 347–437. doi:10.1098/rstb.1959.0007. ISSN 2054-0280.