Robert P. Higgins

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Robert P. Higgins
Born 1932
United States
Nationality American
Fields Natural history
Institutions National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution

Robert P. Higgins (born 1932) is a systematic invertebrate zoologist and ecologist. He worked as a researcher at the Smithsonian Institution, where he began in 1968 as an oceanographer. Higgins served as Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Marine Classification 1969-1971, Program Director of Limnology and Oceanography, 1971-1974, Acting Director, International Programme on Environmental Sciences in 1974, Zoologist Superior from 1974 to 1978, and Curator, Department of Invertebrate Zoology, National Museum of Natural History in 1978. Higgins retired in 1996.

Publications

Incomplete

  • 1975: Occurrence of the genus Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 in Northeastern Atlantic waters with a description of T. ramazzotti n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada).[1]
  • 1983: The atlantic barrier reef ecosistema at Carrie Bow cay, Belize, II: Kinorhyncha.[2]
  • 1984: A New Family of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the Atlantic Coast of Florida, U.S.A.[3]
  • 1986: New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal Waters.[4]
  • 1988: Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna.[5]

Taxa and species described by Higgins

  • Cryptorhagina Higgins, 1968
  • Condyloderes Higgins, 1969
  • Dracoderidae Higgins & Shirayama, 1990
  • Dracoderes Higgins & Shirayama, 1990
  • Nanaloricus gwenae Kristensen, Heiner & Higgins, 2007
  • Neocentrophyes Higgins, 1969
  • Neocentrophyidae Higgins, 1969
  • Paracentrophyes Higgins, 1983
  • Pliciloricidae Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Pliciloricus dubius Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Pliciloricus enigmaticus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Pliciloricus gracilis Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Pliciloricus orphanus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Pliciloricus profundus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Pliciloricus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Rugiloricus carolinensis Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Rugiloricus cauliculus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Rugiloricus ornatus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Rugiloricus Higgins & Kristensen, 1986
  • Sphenoderes Higgins, 1969
  • Sphenoderes indicus Higgins, 1969
  • Zelinkaderes Higgins, 1990
  • 'Zelinkaderidae' Higgins, 1990

Taxa described in honor of Higgins

  • Parastygarctus higginsi Renaud-Debyser, 1965
  • Halicaris higginsi Newell, 1984
  • Echinoderes higginsi Huys & Coomans, 1989
  • Araphura higginsi Sieg & Dojiri, 1989
  • Halicryptus higginsi Shirley & Storch, 1999
  • Ptychostomella higginsi Clausen, 2004
  • Fissuroderes higginsi Neuhaus & Blasche, 2006
  • Typhlamphiascus higginsi Chullasorn 2009
The standard author abbreviation Higgins is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a zoological name.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Renaud-Mornant, J. and Higgins, R.P., eds., 1975. Occurrence of the genus Tanarctus Renaud-Debyser, 1959 in Northeastern Atlantic waters with a description of T. ramazzotti n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada). Memorie dell'Istituto Italiano di Idrobiologia Dott. Marco de Marchi, vol. 32, suppl.: International Symposium on Tardigrades, Pallanza, Italy, June 17–19, 1974: 325-332.
  2. ↑ Higgins, Robert R.P. 1983: The atlantic barrier reef ecosistema at Carrie Bow cay, Belize, II: Kinorhyncha.Smithsonian Contribution to the Marine Sciences, 18 131p.
  3. ↑ Kristensen, R.M. and Higgins, R.P., 1984. A New Family of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the Atlantic Coast of Florida, U.S.A. Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, vol. 103, no. 3: 295-311.
  4. ↑ Higgins, Robert P.; Kristensen, R.M.. 1986: New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 438 Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington D.C.. III, 70 pp. ISSN 0081-0282
  5. ↑ Higgins, R.P. and Thiel, Hjalmar. 1988: Introduction to the Study of Meiofauna. Smithsonian Institution Press, 1988 – 488
  6. ↑ Online version of the Code of International Council of Zoological Nomenclature
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