WoRMS taxon details
Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815)
134194 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:134194)
accepted
Species
Alcyoncellum robustum (Bowerbank, 1861) · unaccepted (genus transfer and junior synonym)
Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861 · unaccepted (nomen nudum and junior synonym)
Polymastia bulbosa Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Polymastia ornata Bowerbank, 1866 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Polymastica robusta · unaccepted (misspelling of genus name and...)
misspelling of genus name and junior synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details] 
Holotype (of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) MNHN...
Holotype (of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 648 [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. (2025). World Porifera Database. Polymastia boletiformis (Lamarck, 1815). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=134194 on 2025-05-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 62-64 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
original description (of Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV.
page(s): 822; pl XXVII fig 1 & 2; note: name given only in legend of figures [details]
original description (of Polymastia bulbosa Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 61-62 [details]
original description (of Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861) Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
original description (of Polymastica robusta) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details]
original description (of Polymastia ornata Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 58-60 [details]
page(s): 62-64 [details]
original description (of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) Lamarck, J.-B. de. (1815 [1814]). Suite des polypiers empâtés. <em>Mémoires du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle, Paris.</em> 1: 69-80, 162-168, 331-340. [details]
original description (of Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862) Bowerbank, J.S. (1862). On the Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongiadae. Part II. <em>Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society.</em> 152(2): 747-829, pls XXVII-XXXV.
page(s): 822; pl XXVII fig 1 & 2; note: name given only in legend of figures [details]
original description (of Polymastia bulbosa Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 61-62 [details]
original description (of Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861) Bowerbank, J.S. (1861). List of British sponges. <i>In</i>: McAndrew, R. (Ed.), List of the British marine invertebrate fauna. <em>Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science.</em> 30: 235-236. [details]
original description (of Polymastica robusta) Bowerbank, J.S. (1864). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae.Volume 1. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-290, pls I-XXXVII. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1883085 [details]
original description (of Polymastia ornata Bowerbank, 1866) Bowerbank, J.S. (1866). A Monograph of the British Spongiadae. Volume 2. (Ray Society: London): i-xx, 1-388. , available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/1905089
page(s): 58-60 [details]
Other
additional source
Hayward, P.J. & J.S. Ryland (Eds.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. <em>Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK.</em> 627 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors 
[request]
additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 66-67 [details]
additional source Hiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. <em>Report Lundy Field Society.</em> 34: 16-35.
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Plotkin, A.; Gerasimova, E.; Rapp, H.T. (2018). Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98 (6), 1273–1335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000285
page(s): 1282-1284 [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors [request]
biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Van Soest, R.W.M. (2001). Porifera, <b><i>in</i></b>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification</i>. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels.</em> 50: 85-103. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Ackers, R.G.; Moss, D.; Picton, B.E. (1992). Sponges of the British Isles (‘Sponges V'). <em>A Colour Guide and Working Document. Marine Conservation Society.</em> 1-175.
page(s): 66-67 [details]
additional source Hiscock, K.; Stone, S.M.K.; George, J.D. (1984). The marine fauna of Lundy. Porifera (sponges): a preliminary study. <em>Report Lundy Field Society.</em> 34: 16-35.
page(s): 21 [details]
additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. <em>Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France.</em> 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details]
additional source Plotkin, A.; Gerasimova, E.; Rapp, H.T. (2018). Polymastiidae (Porifera: Demospongiae) of the Nordic and Siberian Seas. <em>Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom.</em> 98 (6), 1273–1335., available online at https://doi.org/10.1017/s0025315417000285
page(s): 1282-1284 [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Le Mao, P.; Godet, L.; Fournier, J.; Desroy, D.; Gentil, F.; Thiébaud, E.; Poutinet, L.; Cabioch, L: Retière, C.; Chambers, P. (2020). Atlas de la faune marine invertébrée du golfe Normano-Breton Volume 5 - Autres espèces -. Éditions de la Station biologique de Roscoff, ISBN 82951802971. 308 pp. , available online at http://hal-02490465
page(s): 21 [details] Available for editors
[request]biology source Morrow, C.; Picton, B.; Erpenbeck, D.; Boury-Esnault, N.; Maggs, C.; Allcock, A. (2012). Congruence between nuclear and mitochondrial genes in Demospongiae: A new hypothesis for relationships within the G4 clade (Porifera: Demospongiae). <em>Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution.</em> 62(1): 174-190., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2011.09.016
page(s): 177 [details] Available for editors
[request]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Holotype (of Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815) MNHN DT 648 [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | yellow hedgehog spongenipple sponge [from synonym]massive horny sponge | [details] |
| French | éponge massive | [details] |
| German | WarzenschwammAufrechter Schwamm | [details] |
Encyclopedia of Marine Life of Britain and Ireland
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polymastia ornata Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Polymastia bulbosa Bowerbank, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymastia boletiformis)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (31 records) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007527.PR)
To ITIS
Marine Life Information Network - UK
To Barcode of Life (2 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (5 publications) (from synonym Polymastia ornata Bowerbank, 1866)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (58 publications) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (8 publications) (from synonym Polymastia bulbosa Bowerbank, 1866)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Polymastia boletiformis)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins)
To GenBank (25 nucleotides; 2 proteins) (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI (from synonym Alcyonium boletiforme Lamarck, 1815)
To PESI
To PESI (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To PESI (from synonym Euplectella robusta Bowerbank, 1861)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Porifera Collection (31 records) (from synonym Polymastia robusta Bowerbank, 1862)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 007527.PR)
To ITIS
