Brissus cabrerai Sanchez Roig 1953 (heart urchin)

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Brissidae

Alternative combination: Crucibrissus cabrerai

Belongs to Brissus according to P. M. Kier 1984

Sister taxa: Brissus camagueyensis, Brissus caobaense, Brissus durhami, Brissus eximius, Brissus expansus, Brissus fragilis, Brissus glenni, Brissus inaequalis, Brissus kewi, Brissus latecarinatus, Brissus minutus, Brissus rana, Brissus sagrae, Brissus spatiosus, Brissus unicolor

Ecology: slow-moving shallow infaunal deposit feeder-detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Brissus cabrerai in the database

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