''Higginsia'' is a genus of
sea sponge
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal animal clade as a sister of the diploblasts. They are multicellular organisms that have bodies full of pores and channels allowing water to circulate through t ...
s belonging to the order
Axinellida
Axinellida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha
Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera
Sponges, the members of the phylum Porifera (; meaning 'pore bearer'), are a basal ani ...
.
It is named for
Henry Higgins (1814–1893), a British botanist and clergyman.
[ ''NB Not a typo: the author is Higgin, no "s"'']
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
''Higginsia'' is a genus of sea sponges belonging to the order Axinellida
Axinellida is an order of demosponges in the subclass Heteroscleromorpha
Heteroscleromorpha is a subclass of demosponges within the phylum Porifera
Sponges, t ...
''
Hooper & Lévi, 1993
* ''
Higginsia tethyoides''
Lévi, 1960
* ''
Higginsia thielei''
Topsent, 1898
References
Halichondrida
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