Higginsia

Genus of sponges

Higginsia

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Porifera
Class:  | Demospongiae
Order:  | Axinellida
Family:  | Stelligeridae
Genus:  | Higginsia
Higgin, 1877
Synonyms

List

* Allantella Hallmann, 1917
* Dendropsis Ridley & Dendy, 1886

Higginsia is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the order Axinellida.

It is named for Henry Higgins (1814–1893), a British botanist and clergyman.[1]

## Species

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The following species are recognised in the genus Higginsia:

* Higginsia arborea (Keller, 1891)
* Higginsia bidentifera (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
* Higginsia ciccaresei Pansini & Pesce, 1998
* Higginsia coralloides Higgin, 1877
* Higginsia higgini Dendy, 1922
* Higginsia higginissima Dickinson, 1945
* Higginsia kenyensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
* Higginsia lamella Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
* Higginsia massalis Carter, 1885
* Higginsia mediterranea Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
* Higginsia mixta (Hentschel, 1912)
* Higginsia natalensis Carter, 1885
* Higginsia palmata Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
* Higginsia petrosioides Dendy, 1922
* Higginsia pulcherrima Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
* Higginsia pumila (Keller, 1889)
* Higginsia pyriformis Brøndsted, 1916
* Higginsia robusta Burton, 1959
* Higginsia scabra Whitelegge, 1907
* Higginsia strigilata (Lamarck, 1814)
* Higginsia tanekea Hooper & Lévi, 1993
* Higginsia tethyoides Lévi, 1960
* Higginsia thielei Topsent, 1898

## References

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1. ^ Higgin, Thomas (1877). "Description of some Sponges obtained during a Cruise of the Steam-Yacht "Argo" in the Caribbean and neighbouring Seas". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 19: 291–299\. doi:10.1080/00222937708682143. Retrieved 30 January 2013. NB Not a typo: the author is Higgin, no "s"

Taxon identifiers

Higginsia|

* Wikidata: Q7021802
* Wikispecies: Higginsia
* AFD: Higginsia
* BOLD: 241016
* CoL: 84P4T
* GBIF: 2250459
* iNaturalist: 247180
* IRMNG: 1369096
* ITIS: 48432
* NBN: NBNSYS0000182823
* NCBI: 281039
* NZOR: 381c67f3-d65e-4b27-965a-46804205d7e0
* Open Tree of Life: 103935
* WoRMS: 131793

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