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

Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren, 1844)

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Brisaster*	Gray, 1855	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Brissus fragilis*	Düben & Koren, 1844	synonym
*Schizaster fragilis*	(Düben & Koren, 1844)	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: delicate 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 délicat 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].

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

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

Swedish: lervecksjöborre

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	Brunel, P., L. Bosse & G. Lamarche. (1998). Catalogue of the marine invertebrates of the estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence. Canadian Special Publication of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 126. 405 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	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Genbank

Citation

Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Brisaster fragilis (Düben & Koren, 1844). 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:124404