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