Higginsia, HIGGIN, 1877
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GENUS HIGGINSIA HIGGIN, 1877 View in CoL
Diagnosis: See Van Soest (2002).
Type species: Higginsia coralloides Higgin, 1877 .
Included species: In WPD, Van Soest et al. (2018) listed 26 species. We have examined the type material of only six of these species. Higginsia durissima (Burton, 1928: p. 131, fig. 2) is returned to Bubaris Gray, 1867 , because there is no justification for its transferral to Higginsia ; Higginsia anfractuosa Hooper & Lévi, 1993 and Higginsia fragilis Lévi, 1961 are reassigned to Hymedesmiidae .
Remarks: Van Soest (2002) stated that the spined microscleres can be curved and that raphides or trichodragmata may occur. He was referring to Higginsia lunata Carter, 1885 . Van Soest & Hooper (2005) subsequently resurrected the genus Desmoxya for this species (see remarks on Desmoxya ).
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