Brisaster latifrons explained

Brisaster latifrons is a species of sea urchins of the family Schizasteridae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brisaster latifrons was first scientifically described in 1898 by Alexander Emanuel Agassiz.^[1]

They serve as hosts for the commensal epibiont Waldo arthuri, a galeommatid clam.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Kroh, A. (2010). Brisaster latifrons (Alexander Emanuel Agassiz, 1898). In: Kroh, A. & Mooi, R. (2010) World Echinoidea Database. at the World Register of Marine Species.
2. Where's Waldo? A new commensal species, Waldo arthuri (Mollusca, Bivalvia, Galeommatidae), from the Northeastern Pacific Ocean. 12 July 2013. ZooKeys. July 21, 2013. 67–80. Paul Valentich-Scott . Diarmaid Ó Foighil . Jingchun Li . 316. amp. 10.3897/zookeys.316.4256 . 23878515 . 3713335. free.