WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia varia Verrill, 1907
170661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:170661)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Verrill, A. E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands: Part V. An account of the Coral Reefs (Characteristic Life of the Bermuda Coral Reefs). <em>Porifera: Sponges. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 12: 330-344, pls 35 C-D.
page(s): 341-342 [details]
page(s): 341-342 [details]
Type locality contained in Bermuda
type locality contained in Bermuda [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. (2024). World Porifera Database. Polymastia varia Verrill, 1907. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=170661 on 2024-04-19
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original description
Verrill, A. E. (1907). The Bermuda Islands: Part V. An account of the Coral Reefs (Characteristic Life of the Bermuda Coral Reefs). <em>Porifera: Sponges. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences.</em> 12: 330-344, pls 35 C-D.
page(s): 341-342 [details]
page(s): 341-342 [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Classification This is an unlikely Polymastia because Verrill shows a spiraster-like microsclere in addition to tylostyles. [details]
