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

Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brissus*	Gray, 1825	accepted genus name
*Spatangus (Brissus)*	Gray, 1825	synonym

Species group names

*Brissus brissus*	(Leske, 1778)	objective synonym
*Spatangus brissus*	Leske, 1778	objective synonym
*Brissus scillae*	L. Agassiz, 1836	synonym
*Spatangus (Brissus) unicolor*	Leske, 1778	synonym
*Spatangus brissus unicolor*	Leske, 1778	synonym
*Spatangus columbaris*	Lamarck, 1816	synonym

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	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	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. Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778). 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:124380