In Panama this species has been collected northeast of Colon Island (USNM E 12975; Centroid Latitude: 9.4583, Centroid Longitude: -82.2117), Caribbean Sea, from a depth range of 91 to 97 m.
Chesher, R. H. (1968). The systematics of sympatric species in West Indian spatangoids: a revision of the genera Brissopsis, Plethotaenia, Paleopneustes, and Saviniaster. Studies in Tropical Oceanography 7, 1-168, pls 1-35.
Mortensen, T. (1951): A Monograph of the Echinoidea. V, 2. Spatangoida II. Amphisternata II. Spatangidæ, Loveniidæ, Pericosmidæ, Schizasteridæ, Brissidæ. - 593 pp., Copenhagen (C. A. Reitzel); pages: 415-420.
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:124372
Kleinia atlantica (Mortensen, 1907) (unaccepted combination)
Brissopsis atlantica is a species of sea urchin of the family Brissidae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brissopsis atlantica was first scientifically described in 1907 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.[1]
Brissopsis atlantica is a species of sea urchin of the family Brissidae. Their armour is covered with spines. Brissopsis atlantica was first scientifically described in 1907 by Ole Theodor Jensen Mortensen.
