Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Parazoa > Phylum Porifera > Subphylum Cellularia > Class Demospongiae > Subclass Heteroscleromorpha > Order Poecilosclerida > Family Acarnidae > Genus Wigginsia

Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Original genus

Plocamionida Topsent, 1927

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Wigginsia*	de Laubenfels, 1953	accepted genus name

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: Wiggins's horny sponge sources: National General Status Working Group [Groupe de travail national sur la situation générale]. (2017). Standardized Common Names for Wild Species in Canada [Noms communs normalisés pour les espèces sauvages au Canada].

French: éponge de Wiggins

Literature

original description	Laubenfels, M.W. de. (1953). Sponges of the Alaskan Arctic. Smithosnian Miscellaneous Collection. 121 (6): 1-22.
basis of record	Hooper, J.N.A. (2002). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. pp. 412-431. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds.) Systema Porifera. Guide to the classification of sponges. Volume 1 (Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, Boston, Dordrecht, London, Moscow).
basis of record	Hooper, J.N.A. (2002 [2004]). Family Acarnidae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 412–431. In: Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Systema Porifera. A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. (2 volumes). Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publ., New York. 1708+XLVIII. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version).
additional source	Khodakovskaya, A.V. (2004). On the synonymy and distribution of Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953 (Porifera, Demospongiae: Acarnidae). Zoosystematica Rossica. 12 (2): 143-144.

Genbank

Citation

de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez, B.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Cárdenas, P.; Díaz, M.-C.; Dohrmann, M.; Downey, R.; Goodwin, C.; Hajdu, E.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Kelly, M.; Klautau, M.; Lim, S.C.; Manconi, R.; Morrow, C.; Pinheiro, U.; Pisera, A.B.; Ríos, P.; Rützler, K.; Schönberg, C.; Turner, T.; Vacelet, J.; van Soest, R.W.M.; Xavier, J. (2025). World Porifera Database. Wigginsia wigginsi de Laubenfels, 1953. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:167450