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Robert P. Higgins

Biology

#4816

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#7130

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#1751

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Marine Biology

#274

World Rank

#303

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#63

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Zoology

#333

World Rank

#767

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#108

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Ecology

#737

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#801

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#204

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Robert P. Higgins's Degrees

Bachelors Biology University of California, Berkeley
Masters Ecology Stanford University

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According to Wikipedia, Robert Price Higgins was an American systematic invertebrate zoologist and ecologist, specializing in the unusual taxa of kinorhynchs and tardigrades. Early life and education Robert P. Higgins was born on 8 Oct 1932 in Denver, Colorado to Jay Higgins and Amy E Higgins, and he attended South High School in Denver, graduating in 1950. He attended the University of Colorado where he earned both his bachelor's and master's degrees studying in the laboratory of invertebrate zoologist Robert William Pennak, and on the advice of Pennak, he attended Duke University, as a James W. Duke Fellow, earning his Ph.D. in 1961.

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Robert P. Higgins's Published Works

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Introduction to the study of meiofauna (1989) (1321)
The Atlantic Barrier Reef ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize (1982) (241)
The Atlantic Barrier Reef Ecosystem at Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, II. Kinorhyncha (1983) (120)
Quantitative estimates of the meiofauna from the deep sea off North Carolina, USA (1977) (102)
Ultrastructure, Biology, and Phylogenetic Relationships of Kinorhyncha1 (2002) (89)
Double-sided Microscopic Observation of Meiofauna Using an HS-Slide (1993) (87)
Kinorhyncha from Disko Island, West Greenland (1988) (73)
Revision of Styraconyx (Tardigrada, Halechinischidae), with descriptions of two new species from Disko Bay, West Greenland (1984) (72)
Zelinkaderidae, a new family of cyclorhagid Kinorhyncha (1989) (64)
New Loricifera from southeastern United States coastal waters (1986) (62)
Eutrophic hadal benthic community in the Puerto Rico Trench (1979) (61)
A New Family of Arthrotardigrada (Tardigrada: Heterotardigrada) from the Atlantic Coast of Florida, U.S.A. (1984) (55)
Two New Species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha) from South Carolina (1977) (55)
Taxonomy and Postembryonic Development of the Cryptorhagae, a New Suborder for the Mesopsammic Kinorhynch Genus Cateria (1968) (44)
Indian Ocean Kinorhyncha: 1. Condyloderes and Sphenoderes , new cyclorhagid genera (1969) (44)
Marine tardigrada from the Southeastern United States coastal waters. I: Paradoxipus orzeliscoides n. gen., n. sp. (Arthrotardigrada: Halechiniscidae) (1989) (35)
New Kinorhyncha from Florida coastal waters (2014) (34)
New species of Centroderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) from the Northwest Atlantic Ocean, life cycle, and ground pattern of the genus. (2014) (34)
Redescription of Echinoderes dujardinii (Kinorhyncha) with descriptions of closely related species (1977) (32)
Dracoderidae, a new family of the Cyclorhagid Kinorhyncha from the Inland sea of Japan (1990) (30)
Scanning and transmission electron microscopical observations on the larvae of Priapulus caudatus (Priapulida) (1993) (30)
Echinoderes gerardi n. sp. and E. riedli (Kinorhyncha) from the Gulf of Tunis (1978) (29)
The revival of Macrobiotus areolatus Murray (Tardigrada) from the cryptobiotic state. (1967) (29)
Internal anatomy of Meiopriapulus fijiensis (Priapulida) (1989) (29)
Life History of Macrobiotus islandicus Richters With Notes on Other Tardigrades from Colorado (1959) (28)
A new species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from a coarse-sand California beach. Trans (1986) (27)
Ontogenetic Variation of Taxonomic Characters of Two Marine Tardigrades with the Description of Batillipes bullacaudatus n. sp. (1968) (26)
Three New Species of Kinorhyncha from Bermuda (1982) (26)
Indian Ocean Kinorhyncha 2 Neocentrophyidae A New Homalorhagid Family (1969) (26)
Ultrastructure of the Body Wall of Meiopriapulus fijiensis (Priapulida) (1989) (26)
Kinorhyncha from the stomach of the shrimp Pleoticus muelleri (Bate, 1888) from Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina (2004) (25)
A New Species of Kinorhynchus (Homalorhagida, Pycnophyidae) from Australia with a Redescription and Range Extension of Other Kinorhyncha from the South Pacific (1983) (24)
A New Species of Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha) from Puget Sound (1960) (23)
Evidence for Direct Development in Meiopriapulus fijiensis (Priapulida) (1991) (23)
Scanning and transmission electron microscopic observations on the larva of Halicryptus spinulosus (priapulida) (1991) (23)
Redescription, morphology, and biogeography of Centroderes spinosus (Reinhard, 1881) (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) from Europe (2013) (21)
The Genus Echinoderes (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) From The English Channel (1985) (20)
Seasonal changes in the population structure of Echinoderes coulli (Kinorhyncha) (1980) (19)
Kinorhynchs from the Andaman Islands (1979) (19)
Ultrastructure of introvert and pharynx of Halicryptus spinulosus (priapulida) (1990) (17)
Microscopic anatomy and ultrastructure of the introvert of Priapulus caudatus and P. tuberculatospinosus (Priapulida) (1994) (14)
The Homalorhagid Kinorhyncha of Northeastern U.S. Coastal Waters (1965) (14)
Redescription of the Kinorhynch Echinoderes remanei (Blake, 1930) Karling, 1954 (1964) (13)
A new species of Pseudodiphascon(Tardigrada)from Alabama (1979) (13)
HUMAN BOTFLY INFESTATION IN THE UNITED STATES. (1964) (13)
Morphology and life cycle of a new loriciferan from the Atlantic coast of Florida with an emended diagnosis and life cycle of Nanaloricidae (Loricifera) (2007) (12)
The blood of Halicryptus spinulosus (Priapulida) (1991) (12)
Pycnophyes parasanjuanensis, a new kinorhynch (Kinorhyncha: Homalorhagida: Pycnophyidae) from San Juan Island, Washington, U.S.A (1996) (12)
Two new species of Pycnophyes (Homalorhagida, Kinorhyncha) from the Canadian coast of the Beaufort Sea (1989) (11)
SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPIC ANALYSIS OF THE INTROVERT OF PRIAPULOPSIS AUSTRALIS AND PRIAPULOPSIS BICAUDATUS (PRIAPULIDA) (1995) (11)
Notes. Echinoderes arlis, a New Kinorhynch from the Arctic Ocean (1966) (10)
CHAPTER 11 – KINORHYNCHA (1974) (9)
Pycnophyes chukchiensis, a new homalorhagid kinorhynch from the Arctic Sea (1991) (9)
Revision of Condyloderes (Kinorhyncha, Cyclorhagida) including description of Condyloderes shirleyi sp. nov. (2019) (8)
Ultrastructural observations of the larva ofTubiluchus corallicola (Priapulida) (1989) (7)
Ultrastructure of developing and mature spermatozoa of Tubiluchus corallicola (Priapulida) (1989) (7)
Kinorhyncha from the Black Sea. I : Redescription of Kinorhynchus paraneapolitanus (1991) (7)
Redescription of Echinoderes pilosus (Kinorhyncha: Cyclorhagida) (1986) (4)
Acute appendicitis, perforation, and small-bowel obstruction in an infant. (1986) (4)
Indian Ocean Kinorhyncha (1969) (2)
Tardigrada of the Chesapeake Bay (1972) (2)
A new species of Echinoderes from Puget Sound (1960) (1)
Kinorhyncha of the Chesapeake Bay (1972) (1)
International Symposium on Tardigrades (1977) (1)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Ireland, North Carolina, Newfoundland, 1982-1984. (1982) (0)
Accession 16-175 Robert P. Higgins Papers, 1992, undated (1992) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Dominican Republic, Haiti, 1980. (1980) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, United States, Japan, Canada, Brazil, Philippines, Faeroe Islands, North Sea, Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands, Cape Verde, France, 1981, 1984, 1986-1991. (1981) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Florida, Gulf Stream, 1982-1984. (1982) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Australia, Costa Rica, Bermuda, 1979. (1979) (0)
Report of the Program Chairman for 1967 (1968) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Venezuela, California, 1985. (1985) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Fiji, 1986. (1986) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Singapore, 1988. (1988) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Japan, 1985-1986. (1985) (0)
Priapulida of the Chesapeake Bay (1972) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Tobago, USSR, South Pacific Ocean, 1965, 1968, 1986, 1989, 1991. (1965) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, USSR, Antarctic, 1957, 1963-1964, 1972, 1986. (1957) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Greenland, Saudi Arabia, 1981-1982. (1981) (0)
New Kinorhyncha from Florida coastal waters (2013) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Florida, 1980, 1985. (1980) (0)
Kinorhyncha, Loricifera, and Priapulida (2007) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, circa 1976. (1976) (0)
A NEW SPECIES OF PSEUDODIPHASCON (TARDIGRADA) (1979) (0)
Accession 97-011 Robert P. Higgins Papers, 1962-1992 (1962) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, Venezuela, Japan, Colombia, Azores, Canary Islands, 1986, 1988. (1986) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, United Kingdom, Washington, 1978. (1978) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes,Thailand, Andaman Sea, Malaysia, 1988. (1988) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Belize, Delaware, 1977. (1977) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Canada, Panama, Honduras, United States, Sweden, United Kingdom, Thailand, Mexico, Japan, Seychelles, Australia, Navassa Island, Fiji, Mariana Islands, 1977, 1979, 1986-1989. (1977) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field data, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), Indian Ocean, Mediterranean Sea, United States, Australia, Spain, Namibia, Hong Kong, Brazil, Chile, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Polynesia, South Atlantic Ocean, 1958-1960, 1963, 1980-1986, 1988-1993. (1958) (0)
Robert P. Higgins Papers : field notes, Venezuela, 1986. (1986) (0)
Tektite I: who can use it? (1969) (0)

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