Deep-Sea taxon details
Polymastia polytylota Vacelet, 1969
134208 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134208)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
page(s): 172; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 172; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
Holotype MNHN JV-68-12, geounit Western Mediterranean
Holotype MNHN JV-68-12, geounit Western Mediterranean [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. Polymastia polytylota Vacelet, 1969. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134208 on 2026-07-02
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Polymastia polytylota Vacelet, 1969. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134208 on 2026-07-02
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Vacelet, J. (1969). Eponges de la Roche du Large et de l'étage bathyal de Méditerranée (Récoltes de la soucoupe plongeante Cousteau et dragages). Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle (A, Zoologie).</em> 59(2): 145-219, pls I-IV.
page(s): 172; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 53), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
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]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 66-67; fig 42 [details] Available for editors
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 490-491; fig 21 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The <i>Polymastia</i> species (Demospnges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area. <i>In: </i>Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg,.</em> 13: 29-66. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3_2
page(s): 52-53 [details] Available for editors
additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ramírez-Amaro, S.; Ordines, F. (2021). Sponges of Western Mediterranean seamounts: new genera, new species and new records. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11879., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11879
page(s): 43-46 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 172; fig 7 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Census of Marine Life (2012). SYNDEEP: Towards a first global synthesis of biodiversity, biogeography and ecosystem function in the deep sea. Unpublished data (datasetID: 53), available online at http://www.comlsecretariat.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/SYNDEEP-Towards-a-first-global-synthesis-of-biodiversity-biogeography-and-ecosystem-function-in-the-deep-sea-Eva-Ramirez-Llodra-et-al..pdf [details]
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]
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Pansini, M.; Uriz, M.J. (1994). Spongiaires bathyaux de la mer d'Alboran et du golfe ibéro-marocain. <em>Mémoires du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle.</em> 160: 1-174., available online at http://bibliotheques.mnhn.fr/EXPLOITATION/infodoc/ged/viewportalpublished.ashx?eid=IFD_FICJOINT_MNHN_MMNHN_S000_1994_T160_N000_1
page(s): 66-67; fig 42 [details] Available for editors
additional source Pulitzer-Finali, G. (1983). A collection of Mediterranean Demospongiae (Porifera) with, in appendix, a list of the Demospongiae hitherto recorded from the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale Giacomo Doria.</em> 84: 445-621.
page(s): 490-491; fig 21 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N. (1987). The <i>Polymastia</i> species (Demospnges, Hadromerida) of the Atlantic area. <i>In: </i>Vacelet J, Boury-Esnault N (eds) Taxonomy of Porifera from the N.E. Atlantic and the Mediterranean Sea. <em>NATO Advanced Science Institutes Series G, Ecological Sciences. Springer, Heidelberg,.</em> 13: 29-66. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-70892-3_2
page(s): 52-53 [details] Available for editors
additional source Díaz, J.A.; Ramírez-Amaro, S.; Ordines, F. (2021). Sponges of Western Mediterranean seamounts: new genera, new species and new records. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e11879., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.11879
page(s): 43-46 [details] Available for editors
additional source Boury-Esnault, N.; Bellan, G.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Boudouresque, C.-F.; Chevaldonné, P.; Dias, A.; Faget, D.; Harmelin, J.-G.; Harmelin-Vivien, M.; Lejeusne, C.; Pérez, T.; Vacelet, J.; Verlaque, M. (2023). The Station Marine d'Endoume, Marseille: 150 years of natural history. <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5249(2): 213-252. (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5249.2.3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
