Higginsia
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Demospongiae |
| Order: | Axinellida |
| Family: | Stelligeridae |
| Genus: | Higginsia Higgin, 1877 |
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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[]
The following species are recognised in the genus Higginsia:
- (Keller, 1891)
- (Ridley & Dendy, 1886)
- Pansini & Pesce, 1998
- Higgin, 1877
- Dendy, 1922
- Dickinson, 1945
- Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- Carter, 1885
- Pulitzer-Finali, 1978
- (Hentschel, 1912)
- Carter, 1885
- Pulitzer-Finali, 1996
- Dendy, 1922
- Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
- (Keller, 1889)
- Brøndsted, 1916
- Burton, 1959
- Whitelegge, 1907
- (Lamarck, 1814)
- Hooper & Lévi, 1993
- Lévi, 1960
- Topsent, 1898
References[]
- ^ 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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