Galapagos Species Database
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Higginsia johannae
Esponja, Sponge
This is an uncommon species found arond Isabela Island, 3-13 m, growing on rock surfaces (Hickman, et al. 2021).
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Porifera
Class
Demospongiae
Order
Axinellida
Family
Stelligeridae
Genus
Higginsia
Species
johannae
Taxon category: Accepted
Holotype: Holotype—MCCDRS9415, Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, 0.265 ° S, 91.373° W, 17 Jan 2003; Paratypes: MCCDRS9416, Tagus Cove, Isabela Island, 0.265 °S, 91.373° W, 13 m, 16 Nov 2003; MCCDRS9414, Las Marielas, Isabela Island, 0.597° S, 91.092° W, 5 m, 2 Dec 2004; Type locality. Tagus Cove, Isabela Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
Origin: Endemic
Map of specimen collection localities or observation records for this species in our collections database.
Distribution: Galapagos Islands: Tagus Cove, Isabela Island (Sim-Smith et al., 2021).
- Hickman, C.P. Jr. Sim-Amith, C. & Michelle, K. (2021) A field guide to Sponge of Galápagos. Sugar Spring Press, Lexington, Virginia.
- Horton, T. Horton, T., Kroh, A., Ahyong, S., Bailly, N., Boyko, C. B., Brandão, S. N., Gofas, S., Hooper, J. N. A., Hernandez, F., Holovachov, O., Mees, J., Molodtsova, T. N., Paulay, G., Decock, W., Dekeyzer, S., Poffyn, G., Vandepitte, L., Vanhoorne, B., Adlard, R., ... Zhao, Z. (2021) World Register of Marine Species. Available from https://www.marinespecies.org at VLIZ.
- IUCN (2023) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2023-1. Https://www.iucnredlist.org
- Sim-Smith, C. CLEVELAND HICKMAN, J. R., & Kelly, M. (2021) New shallow water sponges (Porifera) from the Gálapagos Islands Zootaxa, 5012(1), 1–71. https://doi.org/doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5012.1.1
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"Galapagos Species Database, Higginsia johannae", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=18830. Accessed 3 November 2026.