Deep-Sea taxon details
Polymastiidae Gray, 1867
131673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131673)
accepted
Family
- Genus Koltunia Plotkin, Morrow, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2017
- Genus Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862
- Genus Proteleia Dendy & Ridley, 1886
- Genus Quasillina Norman, 1869
- Genus Ridleia Dendy, 1888
- Genus Sphaerotylus Topsent, 1898
- Genus Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928
- Genus Weberella Vosmaer, 1885
- Genus Astrotylus Plotkin & Janussen, 2007 accepted as Spinularia (Astrotylus) Plotkin & Janussen, 2007 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Atergia Stephens, 1915 accepted as Spinularia (Tylexocladus) Topsent, 1898 (junior synonym)
- Genus Radiella Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Spinularia (Radiella) Schmidt, 1870 (unaccepted > superseded rank, genus transfer and status change)
- Genus Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spinularia Gray, 1867 (junior synonym)
- Genus Rinalda Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
- Genus Thecophora Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887 (preoccupied)
- Genus Trichostemma Sars, 1869 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, nomen nudum)
- Genus Tylexocladus Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spinularia (Tylexocladus) Topsent, 1898 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 527 [details]
page(s): 527 [details]
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. Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131673 on 2026-04-27
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131673 on 2026-04-27
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Gray, J.E. (1867). Notes on the Arrangement of Sponges, with the Descriptions of some New Genera. <em>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 1867(2): 492-558, pls XXVII-XXVIII.
page(s): 527 [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22
page(s): 201 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ekins, M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2023). Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5369(1): 57-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
page(s): 527 [details]
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version)., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_22
page(s): 201 [details] Available for editors
basis of record Boury-Esnault, N. (2002 [2004]). Family Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Pp. 201-219. <i>In</i>: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) <i>Systema Porifera - A guide to the classification of sponges</i>. (2 volumes) Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xvliii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5. [details] Available for editors
additional source Ekins, M.; Erpenbeck, D.; Wörheide, G.; Hooper, J.N.A. (2023). Deep Water Polymastiidae (Porifera, Polymastiida) from the South West Pacific. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5369(1): 57-88., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5369.1.3 [details] Available for editors
additional source Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198573562.001.0001 [details] Available for editors
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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Remark Dr Alexander Plotkin assisted in compiling the list of genera and species (September 2007). [details]
