WoRMS taxon details
Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778)
124380 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124380)
accepted
Species
Brissus brissus Tortonese, 1933 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778) · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Brissus columbaris (Lamarck, 1816) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Brissus cylindricus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Brissus dimidiatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Brissus imperati Lambert & Thiery, 1924 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Brissus scillae L. Agassiz, 1836 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Spatangus (Brissus) placenta Philippi, 1845 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Spatangus (Brissus) unicolor Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (transferred to Brissus)
Spatangus brissus Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (objective synonym)
Spatangus brissus unicolor Leske, 1778 · unaccepted (unaccepted combination)
Spatangus columbaris Lamarck, 1816 · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
Spatangus scillae (L. Agassiz, 1836) · unaccepted (subjective junior synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Spatangus (Brissus) unicolor Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 184 [details]
page(s): 184 [details]
Kroh, A.; Mooi, R. (2025). World Echinoidea Database. Brissus unicolor (Leske, 1778). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=124380 on 2025-04-01
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Brissus scillae L. Agassiz, 1836) Agassiz, L. (1836). Prodrome d'une Monographie des Radiaires ou Echinodermes. <em>Mémoires de la Société des Sciences naturelles de Neuchâtel.</em> 1, 168-199., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10596479
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Spatangus columbaris Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Spatangus brissus unicolor Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 248-249; pl. 26: figs B-C [details]
original description (of Brissus brissus Tortonese, 1933) Clark, H. L. (1917). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 46: 85-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30650182
page(s): 218-219 [details]
original description (of Brissus cylindricus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Brissus dimidiatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Brissus imperati Lambert & Thiery, 1924) Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. (1909-1925). Essai de Nomenclature Raisonnée des Echinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont. fasc. 1: i-iii, 1-80, pls. 1-2 (March 1909); fasc. 2: 81-160, pls. 3-4 (July 1910); fasc. 3: 161-240, pls. 5-6 (May 1911); fasc. 4: 241-320, pls. 7-8 (March 1914); fasc. 5: 321-384, pl. 9 (Sept. 1921); fasc. 6-7: 385-512, pls. 10-11, 14 (Dec. 1924); fasc. 7-8: 513-607, pls. 12, 13, 15 (Feb. 1925) pp., available online at http://de.scribd.com/doc/17477843/Essai-de-Nomenclature-Raisonnee-des-Echinides#source:facebook
page(s): 497 [details]
original description (of Spatangus (Brissus) placenta Philippi, 1845) Philippi, R. A. 1845. Beschreibung einiger neuer Echinodermen nebst kritischen Bemerckungen über einige weniger bekannte Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11, 344-359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6483274
page(s): 349-350 [details]
original description (of Spatangus (Brissus) unicolor Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 184 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 185 [details]
original description (of Spatangus columbaris Lamarck, 1816) Lamarck, [J.-B. M.] de. (1816). <i>Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres</i>, Tome troisième, 586 pp. Paris, Deterville/Verdière. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47702
page(s): 30 [details]
original description (of Spatangus brissus unicolor Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 248-249; pl. 26: figs B-C [details]
original description (of Brissus brissus Tortonese, 1933) Clark, H. L. (1917). Hawaiian and other Pacific Echini. <em>Memoirs of the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard College.</em> 46: 85-283., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/30650182
page(s): 218-219 [details]
original description (of Brissus cylindricus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 14 [details]
original description (of Brissus dimidiatus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b) Agassiz, L. & Desor, P. J. E. 1847b. Catalogue raisonné des espèces, des genres, et des familles d'échinides. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Troisième Série, Zoologie 8, 5-35, 355-380., available online at https://archive.org/stream/annalesdesscienc47pari#page/n7/mode/2up
page(s): 13 [details]
original description (of Brissus imperati Lambert & Thiery, 1924) Lambert, J. & Thiéry, P. (1909-1925). Essai de Nomenclature Raisonnée des Echinides. L. Ferrière, Chaumont. fasc. 1: i-iii, 1-80, pls. 1-2 (March 1909); fasc. 2: 81-160, pls. 3-4 (July 1910); fasc. 3: 161-240, pls. 5-6 (May 1911); fasc. 4: 241-320, pls. 7-8 (March 1914); fasc. 5: 321-384, pl. 9 (Sept. 1921); fasc. 6-7: 385-512, pls. 10-11, 14 (Dec. 1924); fasc. 7-8: 513-607, pls. 12, 13, 15 (Feb. 1925) pp., available online at http://de.scribd.com/doc/17477843/Essai-de-Nomenclature-Raisonnee-des-Echinides#source:facebook
page(s): 497 [details]
original description (of Spatangus (Brissus) placenta Philippi, 1845) Philippi, R. A. 1845. Beschreibung einiger neuer Echinodermen nebst kritischen Bemerckungen über einige weniger bekannte Arten. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 11, 344-359., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6483274
page(s): 349-350 [details]
original description (of Spatangus (Brissus) unicolor Leske, 1778) Leske, N. G. 1778. Jacobi Theodori Klein naturalis dispositio echinodermatum . . ., edita et descriptionibus novisque inventis et synonomis auctorem aucta. Addimenta ad I. T. Klein naturalem dispositionem Echinodermatum. G. E. Beer, Leipzig, xxii+278 pp., available online at http://gdz.sub.uni-goettingen.de/dms/load/img/?PID=PPN573613834
page(s): 184 [details]
basis of record Hansson, H.G. (2001). Echinodermata, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i>. 50: pp. 336-351. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Other
context source (Bermuda)
Pawson, D. L.; Devaney, D. M.; Sterrer, W. E. (2001). The echinoderm fauna of Bermuda. Unpub. MS. [details]
additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
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. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
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.
page(s): 509-514 [details]
additional source Rowe, F. W. E.; Gates, J. (1995). Echinodermata. <em>In: Wells, A.; Houston, W.W.K. (Ed.) Zoological catalogue of Australia, 33. CSIRO: Melbourne. ISBN 0-643-05696-3. XIII.</em> 510 pp. [details]
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. <em>Pp. 1177–1204 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota.</em> Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College S. [details]
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.
page(s): 509-514 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Brissus cylindricus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Brissus brissus Tortonese, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Spatangus columbaris Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Spatangus brissus Leske, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Brissus columbaris (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Brissus scillae L. Agassiz, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spatangus brissus unicolor Leske, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brissus unicolor)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Brissus unicolor (LESKE, 1778); Figuré; F.R06860)
To PESI (from synonym Spatangus brissus unicolor Leske, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Spatangus columbaris Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Brissus scillae L. Agassiz, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Spatangus brissus Leske, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Brissus brissus Tortonese, 1933)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (45 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (10 publications) (from synonym Brissus cylindricus L. Agassiz in L. Agassiz & Desor, 1847b)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Brissus brissus Tortonese, 1933)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (17 publications) (from synonym Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (25 publications) (from synonym Spatangus columbaris Lamarck, 1816)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (28 publications) (from synonym Spatangus brissus Leske, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (37 publications) (from synonym Brissus columbaris (Lamarck, 1816))
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (4 publications) (from synonym Brissus scillae L. Agassiz, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Spatangus brissus unicolor Leske, 1778)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (83 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Brissus unicolor)
To GenBank (3 nucleotides; 0 proteins)
To MNHN Fossil collection (Brissus unicolor (LESKE, 1778); Figuré; F.R06860)
To PESI (from synonym Spatangus brissus unicolor Leske, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Spatangus columbaris Lamarck, 1816)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Brissus scillae L. Agassiz, 1836)
To PESI (from synonym Spatangus brissus Leske, 1778)
To PESI (from synonym Brissus brissus (Leske, 1778))
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (1 record) (from synonym Brissus brissus Tortonese, 1933)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Echinodermata Collection (45 records)
To ITIS
