Higginsia petrosioides Dendy, 1922

Morrow, Christine, Cárdenas, Paco, Boury-Esnault, Nicole, Picton, Bernard, Mccormack, Grace, Soest, Rob Van, Collins, Allen, Redmond, Niamh, Maggs, Christine, Sigwart, Julia & Allcock, Louise A., 2019, Integrating morphological and molecular taxonomy with the revised concept of Stelligeridae (Porifera: Demospongiae), Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 187, pp. 31-81 : 63

Higginsia petrosioides Dendy, 1922 (p. 126, pl. 7, fig. 9)

Material examined: Holotype BMNH RN CXXXII.2, Seychelles, Indian Ocean , 20 October 2005, 44 fathoms (80 m), ‘Sealark’ (slide only).

DNA sequences: CO1 Folmer fragment (GenBank accession no. EU146439 ) from QM G300611.

Remarks: The centrotylote swelling on the oxea is only slightly noticeable in this species. The oxea are often bifurcate at one or both ends ( Fig. 13C). Flanged ends to the oxea are also found in Higginsia bidentifera , Halicnemia verticillata and Paratimea dentata ( BELUM Mc 6884).