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Parahigginsia Dendy, 1924 
AphiaID: 166031

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Halichondrida (Order) > Heteroxyidae (Family)
Status accepted
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Typetaxon Parahigginsia phakelloides Dendy, 1924 (type by monotypy)
Parent Heteroxyidae Dendy, 1905
Sources  original description: Dendy, A. 1924. Porifera. Part I. Non-Antarctic sponges. Natural History Report. British Antarctic (Terra Nova) Expedition, 1910 (Zoology)6(3): 269-392, pls I-XV. [details] [full text]

basis of record: Hooper, J.N.A. 2002. Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. Pp. 755-772. In Hooper, J. N. A. & Van Soest, R. W. M. (ed.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]

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 Species Parahigginsia phakelloides Dendy, 1924
Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:166031
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2005-07-10 18:05:41Z  created  db_admin
2007-08-24 14:11:24Z  changed  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Parahigginsia Dendy, 1924. 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=166031 on 2013-06-20
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