World Porifera Database - Species - Polymastia fordei Lehnert & van Soest, 1999

Porifera taxon details

Polymastia fordei Lehnert & van Soest, 1999

AphiaID

170632 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170632)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Polymastia Bowerbank, 1862

Original name

Polymastia fordei Lehnert & van Soest, 1999

Environment

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

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1999). More North Jamaican deep fore-reef sponges. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 49 (12): 141-169.
page(s): 145-149 [details]

Type data

Holotype ZMA Por 13456, geounit Greater Antilles

Holotype ZMA Por 13456, geounit Greater Antilles [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. Polymastia fordei Lehnert & van Soest, 1999. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/porifera/porifera.php?p=taxdetails&id=170632 on 2026-01-14

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-07-10 18:05:41Z

created

db_admin

2007-05-24 18:13:03Z

changed

van Soest, Rob W.M.

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[clear cache]

original description Lehnert, H.; van Soest, R.W.M. (1999). More North Jamaican deep fore-reef sponges. <em>Beaufortia.</em> 49 (12): 141-169.
page(s): 145-149 [details]

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Holotype ZMA Por 13456, geounit Greater Antilles [details]

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