Porifera name details
Higginsia lunata Carter, 1885
191593 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:191593)
unaccepted (genus transfer)
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
page(s): 358 [details]
page(s): 358 [details]
Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.138, geounit Bassian
Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.138, geounit Bassian [details]
de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2024). World Porifera Database. Higginsia lunata Carter, 1885. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=191593 on 2025-04-01
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Carter, H.J. (1885). Descriptions of Sponges from the Neighbourhood of Port Phillip Heads, South Australia. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History.</em> (5) 16(94): 277-294, 347-368.
page(s): 358 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2005). Resurrection of <i>Desmoxya</i> (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85: 1367-1371. [details] Available for editors
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source of synonymy Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. pp. 755-772. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
source of synonymy Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917. Pp. 755–772. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 358 [details]
basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2005). Resurrection of <i>Desmoxya</i> (Porifera: Halichondrida), with the description of a new species from Rockall Bank bathyal coral reefs, North Atlantic. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 85: 1367-1371. [details] Available for editors
[request]source of synonymy Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1916. pp. 755-772. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow). [details]
source of synonymy Hooper, J. N. A. (2002 [2004]). Family Desmoxyidae Hallmann, 1917. Pp. 755–772. <em>In: </em>Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). <em>Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges.</em> (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype BMNH 1886.12.15.138, geounit Bassian [details]
