WoRMS taxon details
Higginsia kenyensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993
AphiaID: 165998
AphiaID: 165998
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Heteroxyidae (Family) > Higginsia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Higginsia Higgin, 1877 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
original description: Pulitzer-Finali, G. 1993. A collection of marine sponges from East Africa. Annales Museo Civico Storia Naturale "Giacomo Doria" 89: 247-350. [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Kenyan Exclusive Economic Zone [details] North Kenya Banks [details] Northern Monsoon Current Coast [details] | |||||||||||||
| Links | To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Holotype: MSNG 48300 [details] Type locality: North Kenya Banks, 02°25.5'S 40°52.5'E, Kenya, 50 m. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:165998 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Higginsia kenyensis Pulitzer-Finali, 1993. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=165998 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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