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Polymastiidae Gray, 1867

131673  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131673)

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  1. Genus Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862
  2. Genus Proteleia Dendy & Ridley, 1886
  3. Genus Quasillina Norman, 1869
  4. Genus Ridleia Dendy, 1888
  5. Genus Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928
  6. Genus Weberella Vosmaer, 1885
  7. Genus Radiella Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Spinularia (Radiella) Schmidt, 1870 (unaccepted > superseded rank, genus transfer and status change)
  8. Genus Trichostemma Sars, 1869 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, nomen nudum)
  9. Genus Tylexocladus Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spinularia (Tylexocladus) Topsent, 1898 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
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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] OpenAccess publication
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: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131673 on 2026-03-26
Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2026). African Register of Marine Species. Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=131673 on 2026-03-26
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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original description 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] OpenAccess publication

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication
 
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