Higginsia robusta Burton, 1959

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 : 64

Higginsia robusta Burton, 1959 (p. 255, fig. 32)

Material examined: Holotype BMNH 1936.3 .4.342, Gulf of Aden , 11°57.2′N, 50°35′E, 12.10.1933, 38 m (slide only).

Remarks: This species is characterized by the possession of relatively short and thick styles and acanthoxea ( Fig. 13D). The styles are ~740 µm × 36 µm; occasionally, short thick oxea of similar proportions are present. The acanthoxea are 42–58 µm.