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 lyrifera (Forbes, 1841)

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

Species group names

*Brissopsis parma*	Val., 18??	synonym
*Brissus lyrifer*	Forbes, 1841	synonym
*Brissus pulvinatus*	Philippi, 1845	synonym
*Schizaster incertus*	Aradas, 1850	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: heart urchin sources: MarLIN. (2006). BIOTIC - Biological Traits Information Catalogue. Marine Life Information Network. Plymouth: Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.

Norwegian Bokmål: lyresjømus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Norwegian Nynorsk: lyresjømus sources: PESI (A Pan-European Species directories Infrastructure) focal points

Swedish: lyrsjöborre

Literature

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	Hansson, H. G. (1998). NEAT (North East Atlantic Taxa): Scandinavian Echinodermata Check-List (Comp.).
additional source	Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII. 510 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	Southward, E.C.; Campbell, A.C. (2006). [Echinoderms: keys and notes for the identification of British species]. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 56. Field Studies Council: Shrewsbury, UK. ISBN 1-85153-269-2. 272 pp.

Genbank

External Links

Marine Life Information Network - UK

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Brissopsis lyrifera (Forbes, 1841). 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:124373