World Porifera Database - Species - Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) polymasteides (Carter, 1886)

Porifera taxon details

Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) polymasteides (Carter, 1886)

AphiaID

168841 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:168841)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) Thomson, 1873

Original name

Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886

Synonymised names

Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886 · unaccepted (genus transfer)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

(of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X.
page(s): 453-454 [details]

Type data

Holotype (of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886)...

Holotype (of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886) BMNH 1887.7.11.28, geounit Bassian [details]

Taxonomic citation

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. Coelosphaera (Coelosphaera) polymasteides (Carter, 1886). Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=168841 on 2026-01-18

Taxonomic edit history

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action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

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2006-12-15 17:50:54Z

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van Soest, Rob W.M.

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original description (of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886) Carter, H.J. (1886). Supplement to the Descriptions of Mr.J. Bracebridge Wilson's Australian Sponges. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. (5) 18: 271-290, 369-379, 445-466, pl. X.
page(s): 453-454 [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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basis of record (of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. 2 volumes. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 0-306-47260-0 (printed version). [details]

basis of record (of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886) Van Soest, R.W.M. (2002 [2004]). Family Coelosphaeridae Dendy, 1922. Pp. 528-546. In: Hooper, J.N.A. & Van Soest, R.W.M. (eds) Systema Porifera. A guide to the classification of sponges. Kluwer Academic/ Plenum Publishers: New York, 1708 + xlviii. ISBN 978-1-4615-0747-5 (eBook electronic version). [details] Available for editors

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additional source (of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886) Hooper, J.N.A.; Wiedenmayer, F. (1994). Porifera. In: Wells, A. (ed.) Zoological Catalogue of Australia. Volume 12. Melbourne, CSIRO. , available online at https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/taxa/PORIFERA/checklist
page(s): 138 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype (of Histioderma polymasteides Carter, 1886) BMNH 1887.7.11.28, geounit Bassian [details]

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