Robert P. Higgins

Robert P. Higgins (born 1932) is an American systematic invertebrate zoologist and ecologist.

Robert P. Higgins
Born1932
United States
NationalityAmerican
Scientific career
FieldsNatural history
InstitutionsNational Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution

Career

In 1968, Higgins started his career as an oceanographer researcher at the Smithsonian Institution. Higgins served as Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Marine Classification 1969-1971, Program Director of Limnology and Oceanography, 1971-1974, Acting Director, International Programme on Environmental Sciences in 1974, Zoologist Superior from 1974 to 1978, and Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History in 1978. Higgins retired in 1996.

Publications

Incomplete

  • 1975: Occurrence of the genus Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 in Northeastern Atlantic waters with a description of T. ramazzotti n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada).[1]
  • 1983: The atlantic barrier reef ecosistema at Carrie Bow cay, Belize, II: Kinorhyncha.[2]
  • 1984: A New Family of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the Atlantic Coast of Florida, U.S.A.[3]
  • 1986: New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal Waters.[4]
  • 1988: Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna.[5]

Taxa and species described by Higgins

Taxa described in honor of Higgins
  • Parastygarctus higginsi Renaud-Debyser, 1965
  • Halicaris higginsi Newell, 1984
  • Echinoderes higginsi Huys & Coomans, 1989
  • Araphura higginsi Sieg & Dojiri, 1989
  • Halicryptus higginsi Shirley & Storch, 1999
  • Ptychostomella higginsi Clausen, 2004
  • Fissuroderes higginsi Neuhaus & Blasche, 2006
  • Typhlamphiascus higginsi Chullasorn 2009

References
  1. Renaud-Mornant, J. and Higgins, R.P., eds., 1975. Occurrence of the genus Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 in Northeastern Atlantic waters with a description of T. ramazzotti n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada). Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi, vol. 32, suppl.: International Symposium on Tardigrades, Pallanza, Italy, June 17–19, 1974: 325-332.
  2. Higgins, Robert R.P. 1983: The atlantic barrier reef ecosistema at Carrie Bow cay, Belize, II: Kinorhyncha.Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences, 18 131p.
  3. Kristensen, R.M. and Higgins, R.P., 1984. A New Family of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the Atlantic Coast of Florida, U.S.A. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, vol. 103, no. 3: 295-311.
  4. Higgins, Robert P.; Kristensen, R.M.. 1986: New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 438 Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington D.C.. III, 70 pp. ISSN 0081-0282
  5. Higgins, R.P. and Thiel, Hjalmar. 1988: Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988 – 488
  6. "The Code Online". International Commission of Zoological Nomenclature.
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