Porifera taxon details
Polymastiidae Gray, 1867
131673 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:131673)
accepted
Family
- Genus Acanthopolymastia Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997
- Genus Astrotylus Plotkin & Janussen, 2007
- Genus Atergia Stephens, 1915
- Genus Koltunia Plotkin, Morrow, Gerasimova & Rapp, 2017
- Genus Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862
- Genus Proteleia Dendy & Ridley, 1886
- Genus Pseudotrachya Hallmann, 1914
- Genus Quasillina Norman, 1869
- Genus Radiella Schmidt, 1870
- Genus Ridleia Dendy, 1888
- Genus Sphaerotylus Topsent, 1898
- Genus Spinularia Gray, 1867
- Genus Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887
- Genus Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928
- Genus Tylexocladus Topsent, 1898
- Genus Weberella Vosmaer, 1885
- Genus Anomolissa de Laubenfels, 1934 accepted as Pseudotrachya Hallmann, 1914 (junior synonym)
- Genus Bursalina Schmidt, 1875 accepted as Quasillina Norman, 1869 (junior synonym)
- Genus Clathroscula Merejkowsky, 1878 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Genus Pencillaria Gray, 1867 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
- Genus Polymastica accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (misspelling)
- Genus Rhaphidorus Topsent, 1898 accepted as Spinularia Gray, 1867
- Genus Rinalda Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
- Genus Sideroderma Lendenfeld, 1883 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (junior synonym)
- Genus Suberitechinus de Laubenfels, 1949 accepted as Trachyteleia Topsent, 1928 (junior synonym)
- Genus Thecophora Schmidt, 1870 accepted as Tentorium Vosmaer, 1887 (preoccupied)
- Genus Trichostemma Sars, 1869 accepted as Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862 (nomen nudum)
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]
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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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Polymastiidae Gray, 1867. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=131673 on 2024-08-18
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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).
page(s): 201 [details]
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
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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
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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) [details] Available for editors
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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]
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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).
page(s): 201 [details]
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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
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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
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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) [details] Available for editors
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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]
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Remark Dr Alexander Plotkin assisted in compiling the list of genera and species (September 2007). [details]