Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Echinodermata > Subphylum Echinozoa > Class Echinoidea > Subclass Euechinoidea > Infraclass Irregularia > Subterclass Atelostomata > Order Spatangoida > Suborder Brissidina > Family Brissidae > Subfamily Brissopsinae > Genus Brissopsis

Brissopsis atlantica Mortensen, 1907

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brissopsis*	L. Agassiz, 1840	accepted genus name
*Kleinia*	Gray, 1851	synonym
*Toxobrissus*	Desor, 1858	synonym

Children

Brissopsis atlantica mediterranea Mortensen, 1913

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Atlantic heart sea urchin sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: oursin de l'Atlantique

Literature

original description	Mortensen, T. (1907). The Danish Ingolf-Expedition 1895-1896. Vol. 4, No. 2. Echinoidea. pt. 2. Bianco Luno, Copenhagen, 200 pp.
basis of record	Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,. 50: pp. 336-351.
additional source	Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. 627 pp.
additional source	Mortensen, T. (1951). A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ, 593 pp., C. A. Reitzel, Copenhagen.
additional source	Pawson, D. L., D. J. Vance, C. G. Messing, F. A. Solis-Marin & C. L. Mah. (2009). Echinodermata of the Gulf of Mexico. Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S.

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Brissopsis atlantica Mortensen, 1907. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124372