Higginsia

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

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

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

Species

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
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References
  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"


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