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.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.
They serve as hosts for the commensal epibiont Waldo arthuri, a galeommatid clam.
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