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Polymastia harmelini Boury-Esnault & Bézac, 2007 
AphiaID: 255100

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Porifera (Phylum) > Demospongiae (Class) > Hadromerida (Order) > Polymastiidae (Family) > Polymastia (Genus)
Status accepted
Record
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Rank Species
Parent Polymastia Bowerbank, 1864
Source  original description: Boury-Esnault, N.; Bézac, C. 2007. Morphological and cytological descriptions of a new Polymastia species (Hadromerida, Demospongiae) from the North-West Mediterranean Sea. Pp. 23-30, in: Custódio, M. R.; Lôbo-Hajdu, G.; Hajdu, E. ; Muricy, G. (eds). 2007. Porifera Research: Biodiversity, Innovation and Sustainability. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 694 pp.  [details]

Environment marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Fossil range recent only
Distribution Mediterranean Sea [details]
Western Mediterranean [details]
Specimen  Holotype: MNHN DNBE 1562, locality Mediterranean Sea (threshold of the 3PP cave in La Ciotat (Provence coast), S France) [details]
Link To Encyclopedia of Life
Images 
Polymastia harmelini holotype
Polymastia harmelini holotype
added on 2009-05-07 - author: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
qualitystatus: checked by Boury-Esnault, Nicole on 2009-05-07 15:37:26

Polymastia harmelini in situ Photo Roland Graille
Polymastia harmelini in situ Photo Roland Graille
added on 2009-05-07 - author: Boury-Esnault, Nicole
qualitystatus: checked by Boury-Esnault, Nicole on 2009-05-07 15:49:40
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:255100
Taxonomic
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2007-12-29 18:52:43Z  created  van Soest, Rob
  
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  Citation: van Soest, R. (2013). Polymastia harmelini Boury-Esnault & Bézac, 2007. 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=255100 on 2013-05-22
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