Porifera name details
Parahigginsia sheni Chen, Shen, Chen, Sheu & Duh, 1999
1743451 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1743451)
unaccepted > unavailable name (nomen nudum, voucher was lost)
Species
marine, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Chen C-Y, Shen Y-C, Chen Y-J, Sheu J-H, Duh C-Y. (1999). Bioactive sesquiterpenes from a Taiwanese marine sponge Parahigginsia sp. <em>Journal of Natural Products.</em> 62, 573-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.1021/np980491p
page(s): 575 [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 575 [details] Available for editors
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Holotype SYUMB GSP-22, geounit South Kuroshio
Holotype SYUMB GSP-22, geounit South Kuroshio [details]
Description Entire description: "Parahigginsia sp. showed a golden to brown mass measured 10 cm in height and 25 cm in breath with the...
Description Entire description: "Parahigginsia sp. showed a golden to brown mass measured 10 cm in height and 25 cm in breath with the lamella 8 mm in thickness. The surface was rough, and the consistency was firm. The interior was brown with spicules inside the tissue. The main skeleton is lax and irregular, composed of loose, wisp, and stout oxea, which run toward the surface, from which they may project in loose radiate tufts of usually more slender spicules. The spicules include slightly curved oxea with a size range of 1050-1120 × 4-35 μm, acanthoxea 320-420 × 4-17 μm, small oxea 56-175 × 3-5 μm, and an asterose microsclere 12-20 μm." (Chen et al. 1999) [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. Parahigginsia sheni Chen, Shen, Chen, Sheu & Duh, 1999. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=1743451 on 2024-08-18
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Chen C-Y, Shen Y-C, Chen Y-J, Sheu J-H, Duh C-Y. (1999). Bioactive sesquiterpenes from a Taiwanese marine sponge Parahigginsia sp. <em>Journal of Natural Products.</em> 62, 573-576., available online at https://doi.org/10.1021/np980491p
page(s): 575 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 575 [details] Available for editors
[request] 
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype SYUMB GSP-22, geounit South Kuroshio [details]
From editor or global species database
Description Entire description: "Parahigginsia sp. showed a golden to brown mass measured 10 cm in height and 25 cm in breath with the lamella 8 mm in thickness. The surface was rough, and the consistency was firm. The interior was brown with spicules inside the tissue. The main skeleton is lax and irregular, composed of loose, wisp, and stout oxea, which run toward the surface, from which they may project in loose radiate tufts of usually more slender spicules. The spicules include slightly curved oxea with a size range of 1050-1120 × 4-35 μm, acanthoxea 320-420 × 4-17 μm, small oxea 56-175 × 3-5 μm, and an asterose microsclere 12-20 μm." (Chen et al. 1999) [details]Holotype The first author of the publication first mentioning P. sheni answered an email from Christine Schönberg in Feb 2024. According to him, the whereabouts of the voucher are unknown, but it is most likely that it was thrown out when the second author retired and a new professor took over. [details]
