Brisaster moseleyi Agassiz 1881 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Alternative combination: Schizaster moseleyi

Belongs to Brisaster according to U. S. Grant and L. G. Hertlein 1938

Sister taxa: Brisaster latifrons, Brisaster maximus, Brisaster townsendi

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brisaster moseleyi in the database

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