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Family: Brissidae



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32 species (see list below)
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Anametalia sternaloides
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Brissopsis alta
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Tiralongo, Francesco

Western Atlantic and the

Brissopsis atlanticaMortensen, 1907

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Brissopsis atlantica
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Brissopsis elongata
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Brissopsis luzonica
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Brissopsis lyrifera
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Brissopsis mediterranea
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Brissopsis odhami
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Brissopsis oldhami
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Brissopsis pacifica
[Pacific heart urchin]
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Brissopsis similis
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Brissopsis zealandiae
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Brissus agassizii
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Brissus brissus
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Brissus gigas
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Max. Length 13 cm TL
 
Brissus latecarinatus
[Keeled heart urchin]
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Brissus unicolor
[Big white heart urchin]
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Eupatagus magnus
[]

Batoy, Corazon B.

Western Central Atlantic

Meoma ventricosa(Lamarck, 1816)

Photo by Batoy, Corazon B.
 
Meoma ventricosa
[Red heart urchin]
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Metalia angustus
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Max. Length 5 cm TL
 
Metalia dicrana
[Heart urchin]
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Metalia kermadecensis
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Metalia persica
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Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.

Indo-Pacific
Max. Length 10 cm TL
Metalia spatagus(Linnaeus, 1758)

Photo by Palomares, Maria Lourdes D.
 
Metalia spatagus
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Metalia sternalis
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Metalia townsendi
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Plagiobrissus costai
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Plagiobrissus grandis
[Giant heart urchin]
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Rhabdobrissus pacificus
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Rhynobrissus hemiasteroides
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Rhynobrissus pyramidalis
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Rhynobrissus tumulus
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