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Polymastia echinus Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997 
AphiaID: 246104

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
Sources  original description: Kelly-Borges, M.; Bergquist, P.R. 1997. Revision of Southwest Pacific Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae: Hadromerida) with descriptions of new species of Polymastia Bowerbank, TylexocladusTopsent, and Acanthopolymastia gen. nov. from New Zealand and the Norfolk Ridge, New Caledonia. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 31 (3): 367-402. [details]

additional source: Kelly, M. (2009). Demospongiae, Calcarea (Porifera). In: Gordon, D. (Ed.) (2009). New Zealand Inventory of Biodiversity. Volume One: Kingdom Animalia. 584 pp [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution New Zealand [details]
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone [details]
Northeastern New Zealand [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:246104
Taxonomic
Edit history		 
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2007-09-04 15:31:24Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Polymastia echinus Kelly-Borges & Bergquist, 1997. 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=246104 on 2013-05-21
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