WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia atlantica Samaai & Gibbons, 2005
AphiaID: 234242
AphiaID: 234242
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Polymastiidae (Family) > Polymastia (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | |||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | |||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | |||||||||||||
| Parent | Polymastia Bowerbank, 1864 | |||||||||||||
| Source |
original description: Samaai, T.; Gibbons, M.J. 2005. Demospongiae taxonomy and biodiversity of the Benguela region on the west coast of South Africa. African Natural History, 1: 1-96 page(s): 19-21 [details] | |||||||||||||
| Environment | marine, | |||||||||||||
| Fossil range | recent only | |||||||||||||
| Distribution | Agulhas Bank [details] Namaqua [details] Namib [details] Namibia [details] | |||||||||||||
| Link | To Encyclopedia of Life | |||||||||||||
| Notes |
Originally P. atlanticus, but corrected to match gender of genus name. [details] Additional Material: South Africa - Other material: Ts 181, Oudekraal, Cape Town (33°59’S, 18°22’E), depth 15 m, collected by P. Coetzee, 22 April 1996. Ts 387, Groenrivier (30°29’S, 17°20’E), depth 2–4 m, collected by T. Samaai, 5 December 1997. BMNH 1997.5.12.62 (fragment Ts 482), Coral Gardens, Oudekraal, Cape Town (33°59’S, 17°23’E), depth 12 m, collected by M.J. Gibbons, G. Isaacs and Z. Toeffie, 10 October 1996. [details] Additional Material: Namibia - Ts 404, Lüderitz, Namibia (26°31’S, 15°01’E), depth 24 m, collected by NSFRI, 2 December 1997. [details] Holotype: South Africa (west Coast). Material Holotype: SAM-H4891 (fragment of holotype BMNH 1997.5.12.88) (Ts 259), Justin’s Cave, Oudekraal, Cape Town (33°58’S, 18°20’E), depth 9–10 m, collected by M.J. Gibbons, 7 November 1996. [details] Paratype: Paratype: BMNH 1997.5.12.88, Justin’s Cave, Oudekraal, CapeTown (33°58’S, 18°20’E), depth 9–10 m, collected by M.J. Gibbons, 7 November 1996. [details] | |||||||||||||
| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:234242 | |||||||||||||
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| Citation: van Soest, R.; Boury-Esnault, N. (2013). Polymastia atlantica Samaai & Gibbons, 2005. In: Van Soest, R.W.M; Boury-Esnault, N.; Hooper, J.N.A.; Rützler, K.; de Voogd, N.J.; Alvarez de Glasby, B.; Hajdu, E.; Pisera, A.B.; Manconi, R.; Schoenberg, C.; Janussen, D.; Tabachnick, K.R., Klautau, M.; Picton, B.; Kelly, M.; Vacelet, J.; Dohrmann, M.; Cristina Díaz, M. (2013) World Porifera database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=234242 on 2013-05-24 | ||||||||||||||
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